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The Judaism Examined. Essays in Jewish Philosophy and Ethics.
Moshe Z. Sokol
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Description for The Judaism Examined. Essays in Jewish Philosophy and Ethics.
Series: Touro College Press Books. Num Pages: 520 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HRAB; HRJP. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 29. Weight in Grams: 885.
This volume of essays examines key themes in Jewish philosophy and ethics from the rigourous perspective of philosophical analysis. The first set of essays takes up the challenge of living a Jewish life, and includes essays on pleasure, joy, human suffering, Jewish ritual practice and the philosophical life. The second set of essays analyses the value and meaning of autonomy, human freedom and tolerance in Jewish thought, crucial themes in western political thought and life.
Other essays in the volume examine the many meanings of Jewish texts, and such crucial issues in applied Jewish ... Read more
This volume of essays examines key themes in Jewish philosophy and ethics from the rigourous perspective of philosophical analysis. The first set of essays takes up the challenge of living a Jewish life, and includes essays on pleasure, joy, human suffering, Jewish ritual practice and the philosophical life. The second set of essays analyses the value and meaning of autonomy, human freedom and tolerance in Jewish thought, crucial themes in western political thought and life.
Other essays in the volume examine the many meanings of Jewish texts, and such crucial issues in applied Jewish ... Read more
Product Details
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Academic Studies Press United States
Number of pages
520
Condition
New
Series
Touro College Press Books
Number of Pages
520
Format
Hardback
Place of Publication
Brighton, United States
ISBN
9781618111654
SKU
V9781618111654
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99-15
About Moshe Z. Sokol
Moshe Sokol is dean of the Lander College for Men in Kew Gardens Hills, professor of philosophy, and a member of the Touro College Graduate Faculty of Jewish Studies. He also serves as rabbi of the Yavneh Minyan of Flatbush, a position he has held since 1980. He is the editor of Rabbinic Authority and Personal Autonomy (1993), Engaging Modernity ... Read more
Reviews for The Judaism Examined. Essays in Jewish Philosophy and Ethics.
“In one of the many felicitous expressions in this wide-ranging book, Moshe Sokol says that Rabbi Soloveitchik, the subject of several penetrating essays here, made Brisk (the town of his Talmudic origin and tradition) speak in the language of Berlin (where Rabbi Soloveitchik studied philosophy). Similarly, through the subtle application of the tools of analytic philosophy, Moshe Sokol makes both ... Read more