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

• VerfasserIn: Katz, Steven T.,
• TeilnehmendeR: Katz, Steven T., 1944-
• Place / Publishing House: New York, NY : : New York University Press, , [1997]; ©1997
• Year of Publication: 1997
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (590 p.)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.

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 born and raised within an orthodox setting, Agus was strongly influenced by American liberalism and his work displayed modernizing sympathies, reservations about nationalism--including some forms of Zionism--and often severe criticisms of kabbalah. Agus crafted a unique, quite American, modernizing vision that ardently sought to remain in touch with the wellsprings of the rabbinic tradition while remaining open to the intellectual and moral currents of his own time.The Essential Agus brings together a sampling of Agus' most important published and unpublished material in one easily accessible volume. It will be an invaluable resource for students and researchers seeking to experience Agus' intellectual legacy.

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 -- SELECTIONS AND PREFATORY REMARKS -- 5. THE COMMON CORE OF MODERN JEWISH PHILOSOPHY -- 6. THE NEARNESS OF GOD -- 7. RAV KUK, AN APPRECIATION -- SELECTIONS AND PREFATORY R E M A R K S -- 8. THE RISE OF JEWISH RATIONALISM -- 9. THE QABBALAH -- 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 -- 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 -- SELECTION AND PREFATORY REMARKS -- 16. THE IDEA OF GOD -- SELECTIONS AND PREFATORY REMARKS -- 17. EPILOGUE TO THE EVOLUTION OF JEWISH THOUGHT -- 18. THE CONCEPT OF ISRAEL -- 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 -- SELECTION AND PREFATORY REMARKS -- 23. THE CONSERVATIVE MOVEMENT -- SELECTIONS AND PREFATORY REMARKS -- 24. RELIGION AND NATIONALISM -- 25. THE COVENANT CONCEPT - PARTICULARISTIC, PLURALISTIC, OR FUTURISTIC? -- BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE WORKS OF JACOB B. AGUS