Encountering the Medieval in Modern Jewish Thought.
How does the "medieval" function as a bearer of Jewish identity in a changing secular world? Each chapter in Encountering the Medieval in Modern Jewish Thought addresses a different Jewish return to the medieval by using a language of renewal.
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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Leiden Boston
Brill
2012
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| In: | Year: 2012 |
| Edition: | 1st ed. |
| Series/Journal: | Supplements to the Journal of Jewish Thought and Philosophy Ser.
v.17 |
| Further subjects: | B
Jewish Philosophy
B Philosophy, Modern B Judaism History Modern period, 1750- B Philosophy, Medieval B Electronic books B Judaism History Medieval and early modern period, 425-1789 |
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| Parallel Edition: | Erscheint auch als: 9789004233508 |
| Summary: | How does the "medieval" function as a bearer of Jewish identity in a changing secular world? Each chapter in Encountering the Medieval in Modern Jewish Thought addresses a different Jewish return to the medieval by using a language of renewal. Intro -- Contents -- Contributors -- Introduction Encountering the Medieval in Modern Jewish Thought -- Part One Modern Fascinations -- Chapter One "Medieval" and the Politics of Nostalgia: Ideology, Scholarship, and the Creation of the Rational Jew -- Chapter Two On the Possibility of a Hidden Christian Will: Methodological Pitfalls in the Study of Medieval Jewish Philosophy -- Chapter Three Lessing in Jerusalem: Modern Religion, Medieval Orientalism, and the Idea of Perfection -- Part Two Manipulations -- Chapter Four R. Abraham Isaac Kook and Maimonides: A Contemporary Mystic's Embrace of Medieval Rationalism -- Chapter Five On Myth, History, and the Study of Hasidism: Martin Buber and Gershom Scholem -- Chapter Six What S. Y. Agnon Taught Gershom Scholem About Jewish History -- Chapter Seven Constructed and Denied: "The Talmud" from the Brisker Rav to the Mishneh Torah -- Part Three Specters of Strauss -- Chapter Eight Escaping the Scholastic Paradigm: The Dispute Between Strauss and His Contemporaries About How to Aproach Islamic and Jewish Medieval Philosophy -- Chapter Nine Justifying Philosophy and Restoring Revelation: Assessing Strauss's Medieval Return -- Part Four Venturing Beyond -- Chapter Ten Echo of the Otherwise: Ethics of Transcendence and the Lure of Theolatry -- Index. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (345 pages) |
| ISBN: | 978-90-04-23406-2 978-90-04-23350-8 |
