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Faith
Schwartz, Dov; Sagi, Avi
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Description for Faith
Hardback. Explores important questions in both modern and premodern Jewish philosophy regarding the idea of faith. This book presents various manifestations of the concept of faith in Judaism as a tradition engaged in a dialogue with the outside world. It will function as an opening and an invitation to an ongoing conversation with faith. Series: Emunot: Jewish Philosophy and Kabbalah. Num Pages: 600 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HRAB; HRJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 33. Weight in Grams: 1012.
Faith: Jewish Perspectives explores important questions in both modern and premodern Jewish philosophy regarding the idea of faith. Is believing a voluntary action, or do believers find themselves within the experience of faith against their will? Can faith be understood through other means (psychological, epistemic, and so forth), or is it only comprehensible from the inside, that is, from within the religious world? Is a subjective experience of faith fundamentally communicative, meaning that it includes intelligible and transmittable universal elements, or is it a private experience that we can point to or talk about through indirect means (poetic, lyrical, and ... Read more
Faith: Jewish Perspectives explores important questions in both modern and premodern Jewish philosophy regarding the idea of faith. Is believing a voluntary action, or do believers find themselves within the experience of faith against their will? Can faith be understood through other means (psychological, epistemic, and so forth), or is it only comprehensible from the inside, that is, from within the religious world? Is a subjective experience of faith fundamentally communicative, meaning that it includes intelligible and transmittable universal elements, or is it a private experience that we can point to or talk about through indirect means (poetic, lyrical, and ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Academic Studies Press United States
Number of pages
600
Condition
New
Series
Emunot: Jewish Philosophy and Kabbalah
Number of Pages
600
Place of Publication
Brighton, United States
ISBN
9781618112828
SKU
V9781618112828
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About Schwartz, Dov; Sagi, Avi
Dov Schwartz, a former Dean of Humanities at Bar Ilan University and head of the departments of Philosophy and of Music, currently heads its interdisciplinary unit, and holds the Natalie and Isidore Friedman Chair for Teaching Rav Joseph B. Soloveitchik's Thought. Avi Sagi is a Professor at Bar-Ilan University and Senior Research Fellow at the Shalom Hartman Institute in ... Read more
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