Coherent Judaism : : Constructive Theology, Creation, and Halakhah / / Shai Cherry.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Academic Studies Press Complete eBook-Package 2020
• VerfasserIn: Cherry, Shai,
• Place / Publishing House: Boston, MA : : Academic Studies Press, , [2020]; ©2020
• Year of Publication: 2020
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (570 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; Acknowledgments --; List of Abbreviations --; Timeline of Important Events --; Introduction --; Book One: A Partisan History of Jewish Theologies --; Preface --; 1. Priestly Religion --; 2. Mosaic Religion --; 3. Rabbinic Religiosity --; 4. The Medieval Centrifuge --; 5. The Modern Mix --; 6. Covenantal Judaism --; Book Two: Jewish Theologies of Creation --; Preface to Book Two --; 7. A Rabbinic Theology of Creation: Biblical Visions and Rabbinic Revisions --; 8 A Mystical Theology of Creation --; 9. Nature Read in Truth and Awe --; 10. Omnicide as Threat and Theodicy --; Book Three: Philosophies of Halakha --; Preface to Book Three --; 11. Turning Torah --; 12. Going Baroque --; 13. The Two Branches of a Divining Rod --; 14. The Shrinking Middle --; Conclusion: A Compelling Judaism --; Glossary --; Index of Names and Subjects --; Index of Sources
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781644693414; 9783110688207; 9783110696295; 9783110704716; 9783110704518; 9783110704778; 9783110704570; 9783110696301
• DOI: 10.1515/9781644693414?locatt=mode:legacy
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• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Shai Cherry.

Coherent Judaism begins by excavating the theologies within the Torah and tracing their careers through the Jewish Enlightenment of the 18th century. Any compelling, contemporary Judaism must cohere as much as possible with traditional Judaism. The challenge is that over the past two centuries, our understandings of both the Torah and nature have radically changed. Nevertheless, much Jewish wisdom can be translated into a contemporary idiom that not only coheres with what we know about our world but also enriches our lives as individuals and within our communities.Coherent Judaism explains why pre-modern Judaism opted to privilege consensus around Jewish behavior (halakhah) over belief. The stresses of modernity have conspired to reveal the incoherence of that traditional approach. In our post-Darwinian and post-Holocaust world, theology must be able to withstand the challenges of science and history. Traditional Jewish theologies have the resources to meet those challenges. Coherent Judaism concludes by presenting a philosophy of halakhah that is faithful to the covenantal aspiration to live long on the land that the Lord, our God, has given us.