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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 present's unqualified submission to the past. This vie...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Amsterdam :
Rodopi,
2008.
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| Colección: | Value Inquiry Book Series, 197.
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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 present's 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 wor. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (235 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 199-209) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9789401206426 9401206422 |