New Perspectives in Theology of Judaism / Shubert Spero.
If it can be said that theology is the philosophical examination of a religion by an insider, then the present collection of essays by Shubert Spero offers us the proper formula for a truly authentic work. The author sets out to rigorously yet sensitively investigate some of the basic concepts and p...
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| Place / Publishing House: | [s.l.] : : Academic Studies Press,, 2021. |
| Year of Publication: | 2021 |
| Language: | English |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (397 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Note From the Publisher. The Chair, the Incumbent, and the Donors
- Introduction
- Part I Viewing Judaism as a Whole
- Chapter One. Is There an Indigenous Jewish Theology?
- Chapter Two. Toward a Philosophy of Modern Orthodoxy
- Chapter Three. Is Judaism an Optimistic Religion?
- Chapter Four. The Meaning of Existentialism for Orthodoxy
- Part II Torah in Depth
- Chapter Five. The Biblical Stories of Creation, the Garden of Eden, and the Flood: History or Metaphor?
- Chapter Six. Paradise Lost or Outgrown?
- Chapter Seven. Multiplicity of Meaning as a Device in Biblical Narrative
- Chapter Eight. Torat Hashem / Torat Moshe: Exploring their Respective Roles
- Part III Reaching for the Heights
- Chapter Nine Is God Truly Unknowable?
- Chapter Ten. Love of God
- Chapter Eleven. Selfhood and Godhood in Jewish Thought and Modern Philosophy
- Chapter Twelve. Unity of God as Dynamic of Redemption
- Part IV The Analytic in Action
- Chapter Thirteen. Toward an Ethical Theory of Judaism
- Chapter Fourteen. What is Self-theory, and Does Judaism Need One?
- Chapter Fifteen. Judaism and the Aesthetic
- Chapter Sixteen. Providential History and the Anthropic Principle
- Chapter Seventeen. The Role of Reason in Jewish Religious Belief
- Part V History Come to Life
- Chapter Eighteen. The Religious Meaning of the State of Israel
- Chapter Nineteen. Religious Zionism: What is It?
- Chapter Twenty. Does Messianism Imply Inevitability?
- Acknowledgements
- Index