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Judaism's Theological Voice
Jacob Neusner
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Description for Judaism's Theological Voice
Hardcover. Through the metaphor of music, Neusner offers an account of how he believes those faithful to the Torah meet God in the Torah, and how they should listen to the melody of God's self-revelation. The text sets forth the character and the form of the Torah as sung theology. Series: Chicago Studies in the History of Judaism. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: HRJ; HRLB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 220 x 147 x 24. Weight in Grams: 463.
Taking the everyday life of contemporary Judaism as his beginning in this text, Neusner asks when in the life of the living faith of the Torah does Israel, the holy community, meet God? Where does the meeting take place? What is the medium of the encounter? Neusner sets forth the character and the form of the Torah as sung theology. Israel, the holy community, meets God in the synagogue, while at prayer, and in the yeshiva, when studying the Torah - at the moment in each setting when the Torah is received. In both circumstances people do not read but ... Read more
Taking the everyday life of contemporary Judaism as his beginning in this text, Neusner asks when in the life of the living faith of the Torah does Israel, the holy community, meet God? Where does the meeting take place? What is the medium of the encounter? Neusner sets forth the character and the form of the Torah as sung theology. Israel, the holy community, meets God in the synagogue, while at prayer, and in the yeshiva, when studying the Torah - at the moment in each setting when the Torah is received. In both circumstances people do not read but ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
Series
Chicago Studies in the History of Judaism
Number of Pages
242
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780226576480
SKU
V9780226576480
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