The Essential Agus : : The Writings of Jacob B. Agus /

The Essential Agus : : The Writings of Jacob B. Agus / / Steven T. Katz.

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Rabbi Jacob Agus' (1911-1986) intellectual production spanned nearly a half century and covered an enormous historical and conceptual range, from the biblical to the modern era. Best known as an important Jewish scholar, he also held important rabbinic, teaching, and public positions. Although...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter New York University Press Archive eBook-Package Pre-2000
VerfasserIn:
Katz, Steven T.,
MitwirkendeR:
Blumenthal, David R.,
Dorff, Elliot N.,
Fisher, Eugene J.,
Gillman, Neil,
Katz, Steven T.,
Kaufman, William E.,
Konvitz, Milton R.,
Loeb, Mark,
Novak, David,
Waxman, Mordecai,
Place / Publishing House:New York, NY : : New York University Press, , [1997]
©1997
Year of Publication:1997
Language:English
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • PREFACE
  • SELECTORS
  • 1. JACOB B. AGUS — AN INTRODUCTORY OVERVIEW
  • SELECTIONS
  • 2. THE IDEAL PERSONALITY
  • 3. CONTEMPORARY ISSUES
  • 4. NEO-MAIMONISM
  • PART ONE. JACOB B. AGUS AS A STUDENT OF MODERN JEWISH PHILOSOPHY
  • SELECTIONS AND PREFATORY REMARKS
  • 5. THE COMMON CORE OF MODERN JEWISH PHILOSOPHY
  • 6. THE NEARNESS OF GOD
  • 7. RAV KUK, AN APPRECIATION
  • PART TWO. JACOB B. AGUS AS A STUDENT OF MEDIEVAL JEWISH PHILOSOPHY AND MYSTICISM
  • SELECTIONS AND PREFATORY R E M A R K S
  • 8. THE RISE OF JEWISH RATIONALISM
  • 9. THE QABBALAH
  • PART THREE. JACOB B. AGUS AND JEWISHCHRISTIAN DIALOGUE: A VIEW FROM THE CHRISTIAN SIDE
  • SELECTIONS AND PREFATORY REMARKS
  • 10. JUDAISM AND THE NEW TESTAMENT
  • 11. PERSPECTIVES FOR THE STUDY OF THE BOOK OF ACTS
  • 12. A NEW KIND OF CHRISTIAN-JEWISH DISPUTATION
  • PART FOUR. JACOB AGUS' IDEOLOGY OF AMERICAN JUDAISM: AMERICAN JEWS O R JEWISH AMERICANS?
  • SELECTIONS AND PREFATORY REMARKS
  • 13. WHO WE ARE
  • 14. ASSIMILATION, INTEGRATION, SEGREGATION: THE ROAD TO THE FUTURE
  • 15. JEWISH SELF-IMAGE IN THE POSTWAR WORLD
  • PART FIVE. THE CONCEPT OF GOD IN JACOB AGUS' THEOLOGY
  • SELECTION AND PREFATORY REMARKS
  • 16. THE IDEA OF GOD
  • PART SIX. JACOB B. AGUS ON THE MEANING OF JEWISH HISTORY AND EXPERIENCE
  • SELECTIONS AND PREFATORY REMARKS
  • 17. EPILOGUE TO THE EVOLUTION OF JEWISH THOUGHT
  • 18. THE CONCEPT OF ISRAEL
  • PART SEVEN. JACOB B. AGUS AND THE CONSERVATIVE MOVEMENT
  • SELECTIONS AND PREFATORY REMARKS
  • 19. REEVALUATION OF THE " R E S P O N S U M O N THE SABBATH"
  • 20. BIRTH CONTROL: A DISSENT
  • 21. LAW IN CONSERVATIVE JUDAISM
  • 22. A THEOLOGICAL FOUNDATION FOR THE HALACHAH
  • PART EIGHT. JEWISH LAW AS STANDARDS
  • SELECTION AND PREFATORY REMARKS
  • 23. THE CONSERVATIVE MOVEMENT
  • PART NINE. JACOB B. AGUS AS PULPIT RABBI
  • SELECTIONS AND PREFATORY REMARKS
  • 24. RELIGION AND NATIONALISM
  • 25. THE COVENANT CONCEPT - PARTICULARISTIC, PLURALISTIC, OR FUTURISTIC?
  • BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE WORKS OF JACOB B. AGUS

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