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Genre/Form: | Electronic books Dictionaries Wörterbuch |
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Additional Physical Format: | Print version: 20th century Jewish religious thought. Philadelphia : Jewish Publication Society, 2009 (DLC) 2008043405 (OCoLC)262422860 |
Material Type: | Document, Internet resource |
Document Type: | Internet Resource, Computer File |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Arthur A Cohen; Paul R Mendes-Flohr |
ISBN: | 9780827609716 082760971X 1283810603 9781283810609 |
OCLC Number: | 676700023 |
Notes: | Originally published: Contemporary Jewish religious thought. New York : Scribner, 1987. |
Description: | 1 online resource (xix, 1163 pages) |
Contents: | Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Preface to the Paperback Edition; Introduction; Aesthetics / Steven S. Schwarzschild; Aggadah / David Stern; Anti-Judaism and Anti-Semitism / Hyam Maccoby; Apocalypse / Nahum N. Glatzer; Atheism / Gershon Weiler; Authority / Stephen Wald; Bible Criticism / Moshe Weinfeld; Catastrophe / Alan Mintz; Charity / David Hartman and Tzvi Marx; Chosen People / Henri Atlan; Christianity / David Flusser; Commandments / Yeshayahu Leibowitz; Community / Everett E. Gendler; Conscience / Steven S. Schwarzschild; Conservative Judaism / Gerson D. Cohen. Convert and Conversion / Jochanan H.A. WijnhovenCovenant / Arnold Eisen; Creation / Alon Goshen-Gottstein; Culture / Paul Mendes-Flohr; Death / Henry Abramovitch; Destiny and Fate / Albert H. Friedlander; Dogma / Menachem Kellner; Ecumenism / Geoffrey Wigoder; Education / Janet Aviad; Emancipation / Paula E. Hyman; Enlightenment / Robert M. Seltzer; Eros: Sex and Body / David Biale; Eschatology / Arthur A. Cohen; Eternity and Time / David Ellenson; Ethics / Shalom Rosenberg; Evil / Richard L. Rubenstein; Exegesis / Moshe Greenberg; Exile / Arnold Eisen; Existence / Richard L. Rubenstein. Faith / Louis JacobsFamily / David Biale; Fear of God / Byron L. Sherwin; Feminism / Susannah Heschel; Freedom / Eugene B. Borowitz; Free Will / David Winston; Gesture and Symbol / Josef Stern; Gnosis / Gedaliahu G. Stroumsa; God / Louis Jacobs; Grace or Loving-Kindness / Warren Zev Harvey; Guilt / Jacob A. Arlow; Halakhah / David B. Hartman; Hasidism / Arthur Green; Hebrew / Lewis Glinert; Hellenism / David Satran; Heresy / Ze'ev Gries; Hermeneutics / Michael Fishbane; Heroism / Yeshayahu Leibowitz; History / Paul Mendes-Flohr; Holiness / Allen Grossman; Holocaust / Emil L. Fackenheim. Holy Spirit / Aaron SingerHope / Charles Elliott Vernoff; Humanism / Ernst Akiva Simon; Humility / Bernard Steinberg; I and Thou / Maurice Friedman; Idolatry / Yeshayahu Leibowitz; Imagination / Geoffrey H. Hartman; Imago Dei / Joseph Dan; Immortality / Allan Arkush; Individuality / Peter Ochs; Islam / Nissim Rejwan; Jerusalem / Shemaryahu Talmon; Judaism / Gershom Scholem; Jurisprudence / Ze'ev W. Falk; Justice / Haim H. Cohn; Kingdom of God / Warren Zev Harvey; Kingdom of Priests / Daniel R. Schwartz; Land of Israel / Eliezer Schweid; Language / Josef Stern; Liturgy / Eric L. Friedland. Love / Steven HarveyMeaning / Jack D. Spiro; Medieval Jewish Philosophy / Jacob B. Agus; Memory / David G. Roskies; Mentsh / Moshe Waldoks; Mercy / David R. Blumenthal; Messianism / R.J. Zwi Werblowsky; Metaphysics / Alan Udoff; Midrash / David Stern; Miracle / Allan Arkush; Mizveh / Moshe Waldoks; Modern Jewish Philosophy / Steven S. Schwarzschild; Music / Moshe Idel; Mysticism / Moshe Idel; Myth / Galit Hasan-Rokem; Natural Law / Jeffrey Macy; Oral Law / Jacob Neusner; Orthodox Judaism / Emmanuel Rackman; Peace / Aviezer Ravitzky; People of Israel / Alon Goshen-Gottstein. |
Other Titles: | Twentieth century Jewish religious thought |
Responsibility: | edited by Authur A. Cohen and Paul Mendes-Flohr. |
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"The great strength of these essays is that they were written for the layman, without academic jargon but without oversimplification. No other reference book has brought me so much pleasure over the years."-Jewish Herald Voice * Jewish Herald Voice * "There's perhaps no way that any reviewer, in such a relatively small space, could possibly convey the riches that have been amassed ... between the covers of 20th Century Jewish Religious Thought."-Jewish Exponent * Jewish Exponent * "The best that contemporary Jewry has to offer."-Hadassah * Hadassah * "Excellent . . . Not only scholars but general readers will profit from this superb anthology."-Library Journal * Library Journal * "A major achievement."-New York Times Book Review * New York Times Book Review * Read more...

