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"In thinking about which works of Jewish thought can and should be an essential part of every Jewish library, I conceived of the volume you hold in your hand. Each chapter in this book features a scholar of Jewish studies revisiting a particularly foundational and salient work of maḥshevet Yisrael (Jewish thought), from medieval to modern, and discussing its themes, its historical context, the circumstances and background of its author (the "per...

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ISBN:

9781592644704
1592644708

Edition:

First edition

Description:

xvii, 350 pages ; 23 cm

Other Title:

Subtitle from dust jacket : Revisiting classic works of Jewish thought

Notes:

"Straus Center for Torah and Western Thought."
Includes bibliographical references

Contents:

Foreword / Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks
Emunot VeDeot: the contemporary relevance of Rav Saadia Gaon's thought / Rabbi Yitzchak Blau
Jews, Japan, and chosenness: the extraordinary universalism of Rabbi Judah Halevi's Kuzari / Rabbi Dr. Meir Y. Soloveichik
Maimonides' Guide of the Perplexed: an enchanted book of puzzles / Dr. Warren Zev Harvey
Sefer HaIkkarim: Rabbi Joseph Albo's exposition of Jewish dogma / Dr. Shira Weiss
Learning from Maharal: a non-mystical approach with illustrations from Gevruot Hashem and other works / Rabbi Shalom Carmy
The sacred writ of hasidism: Tanya and the spiritual vision of Rabbi Shneur Zalman of Liady / Rabbi Dr. Ariel Evan Mayse
The Mayses of Rabbi Nachman of Bratslav: what makes a hasidic tale? / Dr. Jeremy Dauber
Rabbi Samson Raphael Hirsch's Nineteen Letters on Judaism: Orthodoxy confronts the modern world / Rabbi Dr. Moshe Y. Miller
Delving into the matter: Rabbi Naftali Tzvi Yehuda Berlin's Haamek Davar as a work of Jewish thought / Rabbi Dr. Gil S. Perl
Rav Abraham Isaac Kook's Orot HaTeshuva: repentance as cosmology / Dr. Daniel Rynhold
The halakhist as creator: Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik's Halakhic Man / Rabbi Reuven Ziegler
Rav Isaac Hutner's Paḥad Yitzḥak: a Torah map of the human mind and psyche in changing times / Dr. Yaakov Elman

Control Number:

2057940

Other Authors:

Halpern, Stuart W., editor

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