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Two Models of Jewish Philosophy

Justifying One's Practices

By: Daniel Rynhold

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Two Models of Jewish Philosophy

Justifying One's Practices

By: Daniel Rynhold

In a work that illustrates how Jewish philosophy can make a genuine contribution to general philosophical debate, Daniel Rynhold attempts to formulate a model for the justification of practices by applying the methods of modern analytic philosophy to approaches to the rationalization of the commandments from the history of Jewish philosophy. Through critical analysis of the methods of Moses Maimonides and Joseph Soloveitchik, Rynhold argues against propositional approaches to justifying practices that he terms Priority of Theory approaches and offers instead his own method, termed the Priority of Practice, which emphasizes the need for a more pragmatic take on this whole issue.

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0191534544

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Two Models of Jewish Philosophy

Justifying One's Practices

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Two Models of Jewish Philosophy

Justifying One's Practices

By: Daniel Rynhold

In a work that illustrates how Jewish philosophy can make a genuine contribution to general philosophical debate, Daniel Rynhold attempts to formulate a model for the justification of practices by applying the methods of modern analytic philosophy to approaches to the rationalization of the commandments from the history of Jewish philosophy. Through critical analysis of the methods of Moses Maimonides and Joseph Soloveitchik, Rynhold argues against propositional approaches tojustifying practices that he terms Priority of Theory approaches and offers instead his own method, termed the Priority of Practice, which emphasizes the need for a more pragmatic take on this whole issue.

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Oxford University Press, USA

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019927486X

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Nietzsche, Soloveitchik and Contemporary Jewish Philosophy

By: Daniel Rynhold,Michael J. Harris

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Nietzsche, Soloveitchik and Contemporary Jewish Philosophy

By: Daniel Rynhold,Michael J. Harris

Presents Soloveitchik's philosophy as a conceptual response to Nietzsche's critique of religion that brings Nietzsche's life-affirming sensibility to halakhic Judaism.

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Cambridge University Press

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1107109035

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9781107109032

Nietzsche, Soloveitchik, and Contemporary Jewish Philosophy

By: Daniel Rynhold,Michael J. Harris

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Nietzsche, Soloveitchik, and Contemporary Jewish Philosophy

By: Daniel Rynhold,Michael J. Harris

What does one do as a Jewish philosopher if one is convinced by much of the Nietzschean critique of religion? Is there a contemporary Jewish philosophical theology that can convince in a post-metaphysical age? The argument of this book is that Rabbi Joseph Soloveitchik (1903–1993) - the leading twentieth-century exponent of Modern Orthodoxy - presents an interpretation of halakhic Judaism, grounded in traditional sources, that brings a life-affirming Nietzschean sensibility to the religious life. Soloveitchik develops a form of Judaism replete with key Nietzschean ideas, which parries Nietzsche's critique by partially absorbing it. This original study of Soloveitchik's philosophy highlights his unique contribution to Jewish thought for students and scholars in Jewish studies, while also revealing his wider significance for those working more broadly in fields such as philosophy and religious studies.

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Cambridge University Press

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1108619754

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Soloveitchik's Children

Irving Greenberg, David Hartman, Jonathan Sacks, and the Future of Jewish Theology in America

By: Daniel Ross Goodman

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Soloveitchik's Children

Irving Greenberg, David Hartman, Jonathan Sacks, and the Future of Jewish Theology in America

By: Daniel Ross Goodman

A close study of three of Soloveitchik's most influential disciples in Jewish thought and philosophy

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University of Alabama Press

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0817360921

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9780817360924

Covenant Brothers

Evangelicals, Jews, and U.S.-Israeli Relations

By: Daniel G. Hummel

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Covenant Brothers

Evangelicals, Jews, and U.S.-Israeli Relations

By: Daniel G. Hummel

Weaving together the stories of activists, American Jewish leaders, and Israeli officials in the wake of the establishment of the state of Israel in 1948, Covenant Brothers portrays the dramatic rise of evangelical Christian Zionism as it gained prominence in American politics, Israeli diplomacy, and international relations after World War II. According to Daniel G. Hummel, conventional depictions of the Christian Zionist movement—the organized political and religious effort by conservative Protestants to support the state of Israel—focus too much on American evangelical apocalyptic fascination with the Jewish people. Hummel emphasizes instead the institutional, international, interreligious, and intergenerational efforts on the part of Christians and Jews to mobilize evangelical support for Israel. From missionary churches in Israel to Holy Land tourism, from the Israeli government to the American Jewish Committee, and from Billy Graham's influence on Richard Nixon to John Hagee's courting of Donald Trump, Hummel reveals modern Christian Zionism to be an evolving and deepening collaboration between Christians and the state of Israel. He shows how influential officials in the Israeli Ministry of Religious Affairs and Foreign Ministry, tasked with pursuing a religious diplomacy that would enhance Israel's standing in the Christian world, combined forces with evangelical Christians to create and organize the vast global network of Christian Zionism that exists today. He also explores evangelicalism's embrace of Jewish concepts, motifs, and practices and its profound consequences on worshippers' political priorities and their relationship to Israel. Drawing on religious and government archives in the United States and Israel, Covenant Brothers reveals how an unlikely mix of Christian and Jewish leaders, state support, and transnational networks of institutions combined religion, politics, and international relations to influence U.S. foreign policy and, eventually, global geopolitics.

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University of Pennsylvania Press

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0812296249

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9780812296242

A High Price

The Triumphs and Failures of Israeli Counterterrorism

By: Daniel Byman

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The Triumphs and Failures of Israeli Counterterrorism

By: Daniel Byman

The product of painstaking research and countless interviews, A High Price offers a nuanced, definitive historical account of Israel's bold but often failed efforts to fight terrorist groups. Beginning with the violent border disputes that emerged after Israel's founding in 1948, Daniel Byman charts the rise of Yasir Arafat's Fatah and leftist groups such as the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine--organizations that ushered in the era of international terrorism epitomized by the 1972 hostage-taking at the Munich Olympics. Byman reveals how Israel fought these groups and others, such as Hamas, in the decades that follow, with particular attention to the grinding and painful struggle during the second intifada. Israel's debacles in Lebanon against groups like the Lebanese Hizballah are examined in-depth, as is the country's problematic response to Jewish terrorist groups that have struck at Arabs and Israelis seeking peace. In surveying Israel's response to terror, the author points to the coups of shadowy Israeli intelligence services, the much-emulated use of defensive measures such as sky marshals on airplanes, and the role of controversial techniques such as targeted killings and the security barrier that separates Israel from Palestinian areas. Equally instructive are the shortcomings that have undermined Israel's counterterrorism goals, including a disregard for long-term planning and a failure to recognize the long-term political repercussions of counterterrorism tactics.

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Oxford University Press

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0199830452

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9780199830459

Saving Israel

How the Jewish People Can Win a War That May Never End

By: Daniel Gordis

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Saving Israel

How the Jewish People Can Win a War That May Never End

By: Daniel Gordis

Is Israel worth saving, and if so, how do we secure its future? The Jewish State must end, say its enemies, from intellectuals like Tony Judt to hate-filled demagogues like Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Even average Israelis are wondering if they wouldn't be better off somewhere else and whether they ought to persevere. Daniel Gordis is confident his fellow Jews can renew their faith in the cause, and in Saving Israel, he outlines how. 2009 National Jewish Book Award winner Addresses the most pressing issues faced by Israel-and American Jews-today, without recycling the same old arguments Lays to rest some of the most pernicious myths about Israel, including: Jews could thrive without Israel; Israeli Arabs just want equality, and Palestinians just want their own state; peace will come, if Israel will just do the right things "Morally powerful . . . from a writer whose reflections are consistently as intellectually impressive as they are moving. . . . Gordis addresses the exigencies of our time with the urgency they overridingly demand, and with the depth of feeling they inspire."-Cynthia Ozick Gordis has written many popular personal essays and memoirs in the past, but Saving Israel is a full-throated call to arms. Never has the case for defending-no, celebrating-the existence of Israel been so clear, so passionate, or so worthy of wholehearted support.

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John Wiley & Sons

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0470643900

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9780470643907

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Two Models of Jewish Philosophy

Two Models of Jewish Philosophy

Two Models of Jewish Philosophy

Two Models of Jewish Philosophy

Nietzsche, Soloveitchik and Contemporary Jewish Philosophy

Nietzsche, Soloveitchik and Contemporary Jewish Philosophy

Nietzsche, Soloveitchik, and Contemporary Jewish Philosophy

Nietzsche, Soloveitchik, and Contemporary Jewish Philosophy

Soloveitchik's Children

Soloveitchik's Children

Covenant Brothers

Covenant Brothers

A High Price

A High Price

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Saving Israel

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