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The Jewish Intellectual Tradition

A History of Learning and Achievement

By: Alan Kadish,Michael A. Shmidman,Simcha Fishbane

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The Jewish Intellectual Tradition

A History of Learning and Achievement

By: Alan Kadish,Michael A. Shmidman,Simcha Fishbane

The Jewish intellectual tradition has a long and complex history that has resulted in significant and influential works of scholarship. In this book, the authors suggest that there is a series of common principles that can be extracted from the Jewish intellectual tradition that have broad, even life-changing, implications for individual and societal achievement. These principles include respect for tradition while encouraging independent, often disruptive thinking; a precise system of logical reasoning in pursuit of the truth; universal education continuing through adulthood; and living a purposeful life. The main objective of this book is to understand the historical development of these principles and to demonstrate how applying them judiciously can lead to greater intellectual productivity, a more fulfilling existence, and a more advanced society.

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Academic Studies PRess

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1644695367

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9781644695364

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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9781108619752

The Evolution of al-Ḥarizi’s Taḥkemoni

Cambridge Genizah Studies Series, Volume 9

By: Michael Rand

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The Evolution of al-Ḥarizi’s Taḥkemoni

Cambridge Genizah Studies Series, Volume 9

By: Michael Rand

Michael Rand’s The Evolution of al-Ḥarizi’s Taḥkemoni investigates the stages whereby the text of al-Ḥarizi’s maqama collection as we currently know it, on the basis of manuscripts (and the editio princeps), came into being during al-Ḥarizi’s travels in the East over the course of approximately the last ten years of his life. The discussion is based on a close examination of the textual evidence, the investigation of a number of relevant literary motifs, and a comparison to al-Ḥarizi’s model, the Maqāmāt of al-Ḥarīrī. The book includes a catalogue of fragments of the Taḥkemoni in the Genizah and Firkovitch IIA collections, and some previously unpublished material that can reasonably be claimed to belong to a heretofore unattested version of the Taḥkemoni.

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BRILL

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9004373772

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9789004373778

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The Jewish Intellectual Tradition

The Jewish Intellectual Tradition

Nietzsche, Soloveitchik, and Contemporary Jewish Philosophy

Nietzsche, Soloveitchik, and Contemporary Jewish Philosophy

The Evolution of al-Ḥarizi’s Taḥkemoni

The Evolution of al-Ḥarizi’s Taḥkemoni

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