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These truths we hold : Judasim in an age of truthiness /
"The authors of this collection, comprising leading scholars, journalists, entertainers, and religious leaders, were asked to examine the idea of truth from a variety of Jewish textual and disciplinary perspectives-biblical, rabbinic, liturgical, scientific, and artistic. The volume's inte...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cincinnati :
Hebrew Union College Press,
[2022]
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover
- Title Page
- Dedication
- Table of Contents
- Preface
- Introduction
- Section 1
- Torat Emet: The Torah of Truth
- "The False Pen of the Scribes Has Made It into a Lie" (Jeremiah 8:8): The Truthiness of Scripture
- Truth, Goodness, and the Rabbis
- Can the Torah Still Be a Source of Truth?
- The Torah, Our Ḥavruta: (Re)Constructing Truth in Sacred Text
- Section 2
- Tefilat Emet: Liturgical Truth
- Truth in Liturgy : When Prayer Doesn't Quite Capture Our Intent
- How Liturgy Tells the Truth
- Section 3
- Sefat Emet: Telling the Truth
- A Jewish Ethic of Truth Based on the Responsa of Rabbi Haim David Halevi
- Section 4
- Emet Umadaʻ: Judaism, Science, and Philosophy
- Science and Truth
- Reason, History, and Politics: Modern Jewish Thought on Truth
- Section 5
- Eilu ve'eilu: Pluralism and Truth
- In Our Time: Jesuits, Jews, and "Nones" in Ḥavruta
- Diagonal Pluralism: A Short Essay on Truth
- Section 6
- Lo Ye'uman ki Yesuppar: Truth, Fiction, and Satire
- Truth and Satire in the Bible, Yesterday and Today: Reflections on Hayehudim Ba'im (The Jews Are Coming)
- Conclusion
- God's Honest Truth: Some Final Literary Thoughts on Truth, Death, and Eternity
- List of Contributors
- Index to Bible and Rabbinic Works
- General Index