| Publication |
Philadelphia : Jewish Publication Society, 2009.
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| Edition |
First JPS edition. |
| Description |
xix, 1,163 pages ; 23 cm |
| Call # |
296.0321 T |
| Note |
Originally published as: Contemporary Jewish religious thought : original essays on critical concepts, movements, and beliefs. New York : Scribner, 1987. |
| Summary |
In 140 essays, this volume presents insights into: charity, chosen people, death, family, love, myth, suffering, tradition, Torah, and many more.-- Back cover. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Aesthetics / Steven S Schwarzschild -- Aggadah / David Stem -- Atheism / Gershon Weiler -- Catastrophe / Alan Mintz -- Chosen people / Henri Allan -- Community / Everett Gendler -- Covenant / Arnold Eisen -- Convert and conversion / Johanan Wijnhoven -- Culture / Paul MendesFlohr -- Death / Henry Abramovitch -- Destiny and fate / Albert Friedhnder -- Education / Janet Aviad -- Enlightenment / Robert Seltzer -- ETHICS / Shalom Rosenberg -- Exegesis / Moshe Greenberg -- Existence / Richard L Rubenstein -- Ecumenism / Geoffrey Wigoder -- Faith / Louis Jacobs -- Will / David Winston -- Fear of God / Byron L Sherwin -- Freedom / Eugene Borowitz -- Gesture and symbol / Josej Stern -- Gnosis / Gedaliahu Guy Stroumsa -- God / Louis Jacobs -- Grace or loving kindness / Zeev Harvey -- Hasidism / Arthur Green -- Hellenism / David Satran -- Hermeneutics / Michael Fishbane -- History / Paul MendesFlohr -- Holiness / Allen Grossman -- Holy spirit / Aaron Singer -- Humanism / Ernst Ahiva Simon -- Idolatry / Yeshayaku Leibowitz -- Imago dei / Joseph Dan -- Islam / Nissim Rejwan -- Judaism / Gershom Scholem -- Kingdom of god / Warren Zev Harvey -- Land of israel / Eliezer Schweid -- Liturgy / Eric Friedland -- Medieval Jewish philosophy / Jacob Agus -- Mentsch / Moshe Waldoks -- Metaphysics / Alan Udoff -- Miracle / Alan Arkush -- Modern Jewish philosophy / Steven S Schwarzschild -- Music / Moshe Idel -- Mysticism / Moshe Idel -- Myth / Galit HasanRokem -- Oral law / Jacob Neusner -- People of Israel / Alon GoshenGottstein -- Prayer / Michael Fishbane -- Political theory / Ella Beljer and llan Greikammer -- Prophecy / Peter Zaas -- Rabbi and teacher / David Ruderman -- Reason / Eugene Boromtz -- Reconstructions / Harold Schulweis -- Reform Judaism / Michael A Meyer -- Religion and state / Aharon Lichtenstein -- Repentance / Ehud Luz -- Rest / Arthur Waskow -- Resurrection of the dead / Arthur A Cohen -- Revelation / Shalom Rosenberg -- Reward and punishment / Ephraim Rottenberg -- Righteousness / Joshua O Haberman -- Sacred text and canon / David Stern -- Sanctification of the name / Hyam Maccoby -- Science hum / Levine -- Secularism / Ben Halpern -- Silence / Andre Neher -- Sin / Adin Steinsalz -- Soul / Rachel Elior -- Soul searching / Adin Steinsaltz -- Spirituality / Arthur Green -- Stranger / Joseph Levi -- Study / Aharon Lichtenstein -- Survival / Yossi Klein Halevi -- Theology / Arthur A Cohen -- Tolerance / Alan Udojf -- Tradition / Natan Rotenstreich -- Unity / Charles Vernoff -- Utopia / Lionel Kochan -- Woman / Blu Greenberg -- Work / Abraham Shapira -- Zionism / Ben Halpern. |
| Subject |
Judaism.
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Judaism -- Dictionaries.
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Judaism. (OCoLC)fst00984280
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| Genre |
Dictionaries. (OCoLC)fst01423826
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| Addl. Author |
Cohen, Arthur A. (Arthur Allen), 1928-1986.
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Mendes-Flohr, Paul R.
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| Alt Title |
Twentieth century Jewish religious thought |
| ISBN |
9780827608924 (alk. paper) |
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0827608926 (alk. paper) |
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