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Torah from heaven : the reconstruction of faith /
Traditional Jewish religious belief speaks of a divinely revealed, perfect text, authoritatively expounded. The question this book addresses is one with which the author has struggled all his life: in the light of historical criticism, advances in knowledge, and changing moral attitudes, is the trad...
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The Littman Library of Jewish Civilization : in association with Liverpool University Press,
2018.
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| 245 | 1 | 0 | |a Torah from heaven : |b the reconstruction of faith / |c Norman Solomon. |
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| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references (pages 349-371) and indexes. | ||
| 505 | 0 | 0 | |t Where I Come From -- |t Seduction of `True Belief' -- |t What Does It All Mean? -- |t Philosophical Beginnings -- |t Facing the Questions -- |t Pulpit and Prejudice -- |t Interfaith Dialogue -- |t Academic Detachment? -- |g pt. I |t REVELATION -- |t Torah from Heaven: Growth of a Tradition -- |g 1. |t Holy Books -- |t What Is `Torah'? -- |t `Sacred Canon' -- |t Why the Five Books Are Special -- |t Philo on Moses and the Ancestral Books -- |t Conclusion -- |g 2. |t Two Torahs? Scripture and the Rabbis -- |t Divine Revelation: The Story -- |t Mythic Accounts of Torah -- |t Written Torah and the Oral Torah -- |t Rules of Interpretation -- |t Interpretation Against the Plain Meaning -- |t Conclusion -- |g 3. |t Mystics and Kabbalists -- |t Pythagoras, Numerology, and the Book of Creation -- |t Mystical Significance of the Mitsvot -- |t Prophets after the Bible -- |t Nahmanides (Ramban) the Mystic -- |t Conclusion -- |g 4. |t Great Chain of Being: Philosophers and Kabbalists -- |t Platonists and Aristotelians -- |t Ascent of the Soul -- |t Descent and the `Shells' -- |t Reasons for the Mitsvot -- |t Conclusion -- |g 5. |t Maimonides: The `Classical' Position -- |t Revelation as History -- |t Oral Torah -- |t Torah and Dogma -- |t Conclusion: Maimonides the Minimalist -- |g 6. |t Oral Torah: What Does It Contain? -- |t Does the Torah Teach Science? -- |t Torah of Kabbalists and Rationalists -- |t Conclusion -- |t Summary of Part I -- |g pt. II |t ATTACK -- |t Counter-Tradition: Hard Questions -- |g 7. |t Counter-Tradition -- |t Alexandrians -- |t Sadducees and Pharisees -- |t Pagan Philosophical Critiques -- |t Gnosticism -- |t Later Developments -- |t Conclusion -- |g 8. |t Original Torah -- |t How Texts Were Written -- |t Evidence of the Scrolls and the Ancient Versions -- |t Severus Scroll -- |t Can the Original Text be Recovered? -- |t Masoretes -- |t Rabbinic Responses to Textual Variation -- |t Modern Editions of the Bible -- |t Conclusion -- |g 9. |t Contradictions, Moral Problems, Factual Errors -- |t Reconciling Hermeneutic -- |t Interpreting Aggadah -- |t Historical and Archaeological Problems -- |t Moral Issues -- |t Scientific Inaccuracy -- |t Fantasy, Arbitrariness, Superstition -- |t Conclusion -- |g 10. |t Rise of Historical Criticism -- |t Beginnings of Biblical Criticism -- |t Deists and Sceptics -- |t Bible as Literature -- |t From History to Myth -- |t Source Theory -- |t Archaeology -- |t Higher Criticism = Higher Antisemitism? -- |t Conclusion -- |t Summary of Part II -- |g pt. III |t DEFENDERS OF THE FAITH -- |t Repairing the Breach: In Defence of Tradition -- |g 11. |t Defenders of the Faith -- |t What Must be Defended -- |t Ancient Wisdom Restored: The Renaissance -- |t Jewish Bible Commentary Rekindled -- |t Conclusion -- |g 12. |t Transformation of Judaism: Interpretation, Interpretation, Interpretation -- |t Elijah, the `Vilna Gaon' (1720-1799) -- |t Moses Mendelssohn (1729-1786) -- |t Torah -- Mystical Code, or Source of Values? -- |g 13. |t Mendelssohn's Influence -- |t Isaac Samuel Reggio (1784-1855) -- |t Samuele Davide Luzzatto (1800-1865) -- |t Heinrich Graetz (1817-1891) -- |t Umberto Cassuto (1883-1951) -- |g 14. |t Independents -- |t Jacob Tsevi Mecklenburg (1785-1865) -- |t Samson Raphael Hirsch (1808-1888) -- |t Malbim (Meir Leibush ben Yehiel Michel Weiser, 1809-1879) -- |g 15. |t In the Steps of the Gaon: Written and Oral Torah Are One -- |t Naftali Tsevi Yehudah Berlin (1816-1893) -- |t Me'ir Simhah Hakohen of Dvinsk (1843-1926) -- |t Barukh Halevi Epstein (1860-1942) -- |g 16. |t Hoffman and German Orthodoxy -- |t David Hoffman (1843-1921) -- |t Hayim Hirschensohn (1857-1935) -- |t Benno Jacob (1862-1945) and A.S. Yahuda (1877-1951) -- |t Isaac Breuer (1883-1946) -- |t Jehiel Jacob Weinberg (1884-1966) -- |t Joseph Herman Hertz (1872-1946) -- |t Summary of Part III -- |g pt. IV |t NEW FOUNDATIONS -- |t Torah from Heaven: The Reconstruction of Belief -- |g 17. |t Non-Orthodox Reconstructions -- |t Moses Mendelssohn: Revealed Legislation -- |t Salomon Ludwig Steinheim (1789-1866): Empiricist of Revelation -- |t Samuel Holdheim (1806-1860): Radical Reform -- |t Progressive Revelation: Krochmal, Formstecher, Hirsch, Cohen -- |t Leo Baeck (1873-1956): Essence of Judaism -- |t Martin Buber (1878-1965): All Life Is Meeting -- |t Franz Rosenzweig (1886-1929): Creation, Revelation, Redemption -- |t Abraham Joshua Heschel (1907-1972): Passion of the Prophets -- |t Emmanuel Levinas (1905/6-1995): The Face of the Other -- |g 18. |t Joseph Dov Soloveitchik and the a priori Torah -- |t Hermeneutics of `Torah' -- |t Historical Criticism -- |t Oral Torah Problem -- |t Conclusion -- |g 19. |t Feminist Critiques -- |t Sinai Covenant -- |t Language and Gender -- |t Images of God -- |t Equality before the Law -- |t Need for Change -- |g 20. |t Four Defences of Traditional Belief -- |t David Weiss Halivni: The Maculate Torah -- |t Louis Jacobs: Liberal Supernaturalism -- |t Menachem Kellner: Rejection of the Dogmatic Approach -- |t Tamar Ross: Cumulative Revelation -- |t Strengths of the Four Approaches -- |g 21. |t Divided by a Common Scripture -- |t Reform Torah -- |t Orthodox Torah -- |t Conservative Torah -- |t Go Compare Denominations -- |t Summary of Part IV -- |g pt. V |t TORAH FROM HEAVEN -- |g 22. |t Options -- |t Justifications -- |t Community: Costs and Benefits of Belief -- |t Individual: Costs and Benefits of Belief -- |g 23. |t What Is Truth? -- |t What Is Truth? -- |t Excursus: Consistency and `Double Truth' -- |t In What Sense Is `Torah from Heaven' True? -- |t On `Narrative Theology' -- |t Conclusion. `Torah from Heaven': A Myth of Origin -- |g 24. |t Myth of Origin: Opportunities and Dangers -- |t What `Torah from Heaven' May Signify -- |t History and Myth Do Not Conflict -- |t `Torah from Heaven': Uses and Abuses -- |t Benefits of Understanding `Torah from Heaven' as Mythos rather than Logos -- |t Dangers from Understanding `Torah from Heaven' as Logos rather than Mythos -- |t Things That Worry People -- |g 25. |t Demography versus Reason: The Future of Jewish Religion -- |t Does Reason Matter? -- |t `Authentic Judaism' -- |t Survival of the Fittest -- |t Conclusion -- |g 26. |t Confronting Change -- |t Meditation at the Mountains of Fire (January 2004) -- |t Coming to Terms with Modernity -- |t Intellectual Violence -- |t Who Decides? -- |t What I Have Dealt With -- |t What I Have Not Dealt With. |
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| 520 | |a Traditional Jewish religious belief speaks of a divinely revealed, perfect text, authoritatively expounded. The question this book addresses is one with which the author has struggled all his life: in the light of historical criticism, advances in knowledge, and changing moral attitudes, is the traditional notion of divine revelation and authoritative interpretation still valid? The focus is on Judaism and the examples are mostly drawn from that tradition, but the arguments are easy to transpose to other religions. Norman Solomon's discussion will appeal to those who seek to identify with a religious community but who are troubled by the claim of divine authority made for the scriptures of that community. Ranging across several academic disciplines, it is addressed to people of all religions who find their heads and their hearts are not in accord with each other. It is accessible to a general readership interested in the relationship of scripture, interpretation, and religious auth... |c Publisher description. | ||
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