Tradition vs. traditionalism : contemporary perspectives in Jewish thought /

Tradition vs. traditionalism : contemporary perspectives in Jewish thought / / Avi Sagi ; translated from Hebrew by Batya Stein.

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This book is a first attempt to examine the thought of key contemporary Jewish thinkers on the meaning of tradition in the context of two models. The classic model assumes that tradition reflects lack of dynamism and reflectiveness, and the present’s unqualified submission to the past. This view, ho...

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Superior document:VIBS ; v. 197
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Sagi, Abraham.
Year of Publication:2008
Language:English
Series:Value inquiry book series ; v. 197.
Value inquiry book series. Philosophy and religion.
Physical Description:1 online resource (235 p.)
Notes:Description based upon print version of record.
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Table of Contents:
  • Preliminary Material
  • INTRODUCTION
  • RETURNING TO TRADITION: PARADOX OR CHALLENGE
  • THE TENSE ENCOUNTER WITH MODERNITY
  • SOLOVEITCHIK: JEWISH THOUGHT CONFRONTS MODERNITY
  • COMPARTMENTALIZATION: FROM ERNST SIMON TO YESHAYAHU LEIBOWITZ
  • THE HARMONIOUS ENCOUNTER WITH MODERNITY
  • RELIGIOUS COMMITMENT IN A SECULARIZED WORLD: ELIEZER GOLDMAN
  • DAVID HARTMAN RENEWING THE COVENANT
  • BETWEEN OLD AND NEW JUDAISM AS INTERPRETATION
  • SCRIPTURE IN THE THOUGHT OF LEIBOWITZ AND SOLOVEITCHIK
  • HALAKHAH IN THE THOUGHT OF LEIBOWITZ AND SOLOVEITCHIK
  • ELIEZER GOLDMAN JUDAISM AS INTERPRETATION
  • “MY NAME’S MY DONORS’ NAME”
  • NOTES
  • BIBLIOGRAPHY
  • ABOUT THE AUTHOR
  • INDEX
  • VIBS.

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