David Shatz : : Torah, philosophy, and culture / / edited by Hava Tirosh-Samuelson and Aaron W. Hughes.

David Shatz is the Ronald P. Stanton University Professor of Philosophy, Ethics, and Religious Thought at Yeshiva University. With rabbinic ordination earned at Yeshiva University and a Ph.D. with distinction in philosophy from Columbia University, Shatz is committed to integrating Judaism and secul...

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Superior document:Library of Contemporary Jewish Philosophers, Volume 19
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Place / Publishing House:Leiden, Netherlands ;, Boston, [Massachusetts] : : Brill,, 2016.
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Year of Publication:2016
Language:English
Series:Library of contemporary Jewish philosophers ; Volume 19.
Physical Description:1 online resource (278 pages).
Notes:Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
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Other title:Preliminary Material --
David Shatz: An Intellectual Portrait /
Irresistible Goodness and Alternative Possibilities /
“As Thyself”: The Limits of Altruism in Jewish Ethics /
So What Else Is Neo? Theism and Epistemic Recalcitrance /
Science and Religious Consciousness in the Thought of Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik /
Interview with David Shatz /
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Summary:David Shatz is the Ronald P. Stanton University Professor of Philosophy, Ethics, and Religious Thought at Yeshiva University. With rabbinic ordination earned at Yeshiva University and a Ph.D. with distinction in philosophy from Columbia University, Shatz is committed to integrating Judaism and secular wisdom. An analytic philosopher as well as a Jewish philosopher, he has written extensively on free will, ethics, epistemology, medieval and modern Jewish philosophy, and philosophy of religion. His writings cover such topics as autonomy, altruism, philosophical skepticism, science and Judaism, peer review, theodicy, biblical interpretation, Maimonides, modern rabbinic figures, messianism, fanaticism, religious diversity, and theology. Shatz is also editor of the MeOtzar HoRav series, which publishes manuscripts of Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik, and is editor of the Torah u-Madda Journal .
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:9004326480
ISSN:2213-6010 ;
Hierarchical level:Monograph
Statement of Responsibility: edited by Hava Tirosh-Samuelson and Aaron W. Hughes.