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Tradition vs. traditionalism : contemporary perspectives in Jewish thought /
This book is a first attempt to examine the thought of key contemporary Jewish thinkers on the meaning of tradition in the context of two models. The classic model assumes that tradition reflects lack of dynamism and reflectiveness, and the presents unqualified submission to the past. This view, how...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés Hebrew |
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Amsterdam ; New York :
Rodopi,
©2008.
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| Colección: | Value inquiry book series ;
v. 197. Value inquiry book series. Philosophy and religion. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | This book is a first attempt to examine the thought of key contemporary Jewish thinkers on the meaning of tradition in the context of two models. The classic model assumes that tradition reflects lack of dynamism and reflectiveness, and the presents unqualified submission to the past. This view, however, is an image that the modernist ethos has ascribed to the tradition so as to remove it from modern existence. In the alternative model, a living tradition emerges as open and dynamic, developing through an ongoing dialogue between present and past. The Jewish philosophers discussed in this workJoseph B. Soloveitchik, Yeshayahu Leibowitz, David Hartman, and Eliezer Goldmanascribe compelling canonic status to the tradition, and the analysis of their thought discloses the tension between these two models. The book carefully traces the course they have plotted along the various interpretations of tradition through their approach to Scripture and to Halakhah. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (219 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 199-209) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781435695412 1435695410 904202478X 9789042024786 |
| ISSN: | 0929-8436 ; |