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The Middle Way. The Emergence of Modern-Religious Trends in Nineteenth-Century Judaism - Responses to Modernity in the Philosophy of Z. H. Chajes, S. R. Hirsch and S. D. Luzzatto.
Efraim Chamiel
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Description for The Middle Way. The Emergence of Modern-Religious Trends in Nineteenth-Century Judaism - Responses to Modernity in the Philosophy of Z. H. Chajes, S. R. Hirsch and S. D. Luzzatto.
Hardback. Examines the first encounter between traditional Judaism and modern European culture, and the first thinkers who sought to combine the Torah with science, revelation with reason, prophecy with philosophy, Jewish ethics with European culture, worldliness with sanctity, and universalism with the particular redemption of the Jews. In two volumes. Series: Studies in Orthodox Judaism. Num Pages: 534 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HRJT; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 29. Weight in Grams: 916.
This book in two volumes is devoted to examining the first encounter between traditional Judaism and modern European culture, and the first thinkers who sought to combine the Torah with science, revelation with reason, prophecy with philosophy, Jewish ethics with European culture, worldliness with sanctity, and universalism with the particular redemption of the Jews. These religious thinkers of the nineteenth century struggled with challenges of the modern age that continue to confront the modern Jews to this day. This objective work of scholarship, neither simplistic and isolationist nor destructive and arrogant, will be of interest to the modern thinker and ... Read more
This book in two volumes is devoted to examining the first encounter between traditional Judaism and modern European culture, and the first thinkers who sought to combine the Torah with science, revelation with reason, prophecy with philosophy, Jewish ethics with European culture, worldliness with sanctity, and universalism with the particular redemption of the Jews. These religious thinkers of the nineteenth century struggled with challenges of the modern age that continue to confront the modern Jews to this day. This objective work of scholarship, neither simplistic and isolationist nor destructive and arrogant, will be of interest to the modern thinker and ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Academic Studies Press United States
Number of pages
534
Condition
New
Series
Studies in Orthodox Judaism
Number of Pages
534
Place of Publication
Brighton, United States
ISBN
9781618114075
SKU
V9781618114075
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About Efraim Chamiel
Ephraim Chamiel, lecturer at The Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel
Reviews for The Middle Way. The Emergence of Modern-Religious Trends in Nineteenth-Century Judaism - Responses to Modernity in the Philosophy of Z. H. Chajes, S. R. Hirsch and S. D. Luzzatto.
“It seems to me that the main strength of Chamiel's work is its comparative study of the ideas of Chajes, Hirsch, and Luzzatto in regards to each of the major problems that modernity poses for Judaism; from this comparative analysis, there emerges a complex and fascinating picture of the Middle Way. Each chapter contains precise and well-chosen readings, and presents ... Read more