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8%OFFMenachem Kellner - Must a Jew Believe Anything? Second Edition with a New Afterword - 9781904113386 - V9781904113386
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Must a Jew Believe Anything? Second Edition with a New Afterword

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Description for Must a Jew Believe Anything? Second Edition with a New Afterword Paperback. In the face of trends within Judaism that are becoming mutually exclusive, this accessible book examines how Jewish unity can be maintained. Num Pages: 222 pages. BIC Classification: HRJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 158 x 16. Weight in Grams: 360.

The crucial question for today's Jewish world, Menachem Kellner argues, is not whether Jews will have Jewish grandchildren, but how many different sorts of mutually exclusive Judaisms those grandchildren will face. Kellner’s short, brisk, and accessible book examines how the split that threatens the Jewish future can be avoided.

The first six chapters of this strongly argued book analyse what religious faith means in classical Judaism and will be of interest to anyone seeking lucid insights into the nature of Judaism. The final chapter builds upon the conclusions of the first six in order to argue for a new ... Read more

Undoubtedly, Must a Jew Believe Anything? has the potential to make a difference to how Orthodoxy understands itself and its relationship to other Jewish movements in the modern world.

For the second edition, the author has added a substantial Afterword, reviewing his thinking on the subject and addressing the reactions to the original edition.

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Littman Library Of Jewish Civilization
Condition
New
Number of Pages
214
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781904113386
SKU
V9781904113386
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-50

About Menachem Kellner
Professor Kellner is chair of the Department of Philosophy and Jewish Thought, Shalem College, Jerusalem and Wolfson Professor Emeritus of Jewish Thought, University of Haifa.

Reviews for Must a Jew Believe Anything? Second Edition with a New Afterword
'An important work in constructive Jewish philosophy by a leading international scholar of the field. It is also important as a document of the kind of thinking that characterizes modern Orthodoxy. The book is intelligent and academically solid as well as thought-provoking and controversial. It is a must read by anyone concerned with modern Jewish life who wants to understand ... Read more

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