Torah and Western Thought: Intellectual Portraits of Orthodoxy and Modernity
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| Rating | : | 4.96 (990 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1592644368 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 346 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-05-04 |
| Language | : | English |
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Soloveichik, Yael Unterman, Rabbi Dr. Yehudah Mirsky, Dr. Great thinkers examined in this volume include Rabbi Yehuda Amital, Rabbi Yitzchak Herzog, Rabbi Immanuel Jakobovits, Rabbi Avraham Yitzhak Kook, Rabbi Dr. The Straus Center for Torah and Western Thought at Yeshiva University invited twenty-first century thinkers to paint intellectual portraits of these luminaries, illustrating how each figure bridged the worlds of Torah and the West in a unique way. Soloveitchik and Rabbi Dr. David Shatz, Rabbi Dr. Meir Y. Aharon Lichtenstein, Rabbi Ahron Soloveichik, Rabbi Joseph B. Isadore Twersky. Carmi Horowitz, Dr. Daniel Rynhold, Rabbi Dr. Alan Jotkowitz, Dr. With essays by contemporary scholars Rabbi Shalom Carmy, Rabbi Dr. Nechama Leibowitz, Rabbi Dr. Itamar Warhaftig, Rabbi Reuven Ziegler, and Rabbi Shlomo Zuckier.. Othe
About the Author The Straus Center for Torah and Western Thought's mission is to help develop Jewish thinkers by deepening their education in the best of the Jewish tradition, by exposing them to the richness of human knowledge and insight from across the ages, and by confronting them with the great moral, philosophical, and theological questions of our age.
Modern thinking did exist in Judaism In this age when pulpit rabbis speak almost solely about medrish (despite the correct form being midrash) and the moralistic comments by medieval Bible and Talmud commentators rather than the true meaning of the biblical words and statements, it is a Godsend to read about modern highly respected intellectual rabbis and a woman who are part of this world and time, and . Not good Leib Gershon Mitchell I am trying to think of some ways to describe this that are useful to most people.In one way, it feels like an undergraduate philosophy text-- as in, it goes on and on and on and yet there is very little (demonstrable) wheat for all the massive amount of chaff.In another way, it feels like an undergraduate English class-- as in, there are something like 36 million boo. "very good review of modern orthodox thinkers" according to eli leiter. very good review of modern orthodox thinkers.It is actually more centrist .It does not include more radical modern orthodox Greenberg ,Hartmann, but neverthekless a worthwhile book
. The Straus Center for Torah and Western Thought's mission is to help develop Jewish thinkers by deepening their education in the best of the Jewish tradition, by exposing them to the richness of human knowledge and insight from across the ages, and by confronting them with the great moral, philosophical, and theological questio