UID:
almahu_9948249609402882
Format:
1 online resource (450 p.)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
9781618117915
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1618117912
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9781618110602
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1618110608
Series Statement:
Judaism and Jewish life
Content:
In Cultures in Collision and Conversation, David Berger addresses three broad themes in Jewish intellectual history: Jewish approaches to cultures external to Judaism and the controversies triggered by this issue in medieval and modern times; the impact of Christian challenges and differing philosophical orientations on Jewish interpretation of the Bible; and Messianic visions, movements, and debates from antiquity to the present. These essays include a monograph-length study of Jewish attitudes toward general culture in medieval and early modern times, analyses of the thought of Maimonides and Nahmanides, an assessment of the reactions to the most recent messianic movement in Jewish history, and reflections on the value of the academic study of Judaism.
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Cover; Contents; Introduction; The Cultural Environment: Challenge and Response; IDENTITY, IDEOLOGY AND FAITH:; JUDAISM AND GENERAL CULTURE IN MEDIEVAL AND EARLY MODERN TIMES; HOW DID NAHMANIDES PROPOSE TO RESOLVETHE MAIMONIDEAN CONTROVERSY?; MIRACLES AND THE NATURAL ORDER INNAHMANIDES*; POLEMIC, EXEGESIS, PHILOSOPHY, AND SCIENCE:; MALBIM'S SECULAR KNOWLEDGE AND HISRELATIONSHIP TO THE SPIRIT OF THE HASKALAH; THE USES OF MAIMONIDESBY TWENTIETH CENTURY JEWRY; THE INSTITUTE FOR JEWISH STUDIES ON ITS EIGHTIETH BIRTHDAY; Interpreting the Bible; ""THE WISEST OF ALL MEN"": SOLOMON'S WISDOM
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ON THE MORALITY OF THE PATRIARCHS IN JEWISH POLEMIC AND EXEGESISYearning for Redemption; THREE TYPOLOGICAL THEMES IN EARLY JEWISH MESSIANISM:; SOME IRONIC CONSEQUENCES OF MAIMONIDES' RATIONALIST APPROACH TO THE MESSIANIC AGE; SEPHARDIC AND ASHKENAZIC MESSIANISM IN THE MIDDLE AGES:; MACCABEES, ZEALOTS AND JOSEPHUS:; THE FRAGILITY OF RELIGIOUS DOCTRINE:; Epilogue; Index
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781936235247
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1936235242
Language:
English
Subjects:
Theology
Keywords:
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