The Last Rabbi : Joseph Soloveitchik and Talmudic Tradition /

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Joseph Soloveitchik (1903--1993) was a major American Orthodox rabbi, Talmudist, philosopher, and theologian. In this new work, William Kolbrener takes on Soloveitchik's controversial legacy and shows how he was torn between the traditionalist demands of his European ancestors and the trajector...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Kolbrener, William (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Bloomington : Indiana University Press, [2016]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Soloveitchik, Joseph Dov.
Soloṿeyṭshiḳ, Yosef Dov > 1903-1993
Soloveitchik, Joseph Dov, > 1903-1993
Talmud
Jewish law > Philosophy.
Jewish scholars > United States > Biography.
Rabbis > United States > Biography.
Philosophie
Rabbis.
Jewish scholars.
11.29 Judaism: other.
Savants juifs > États-Unis > Biographies.
Rabbins > États-Unis > Biographies.
United States.
Biographies.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • The making of Joseph Soloveitchik and the unmaking of Talmudic tradition
  • Hermeneutics of Rabbinic mourning
  • Pluralism, Rabbinic poetry, and dispute
  • Love, repentance, sublimation
  • Joseph Soloveitchik: a melancholy modern
  • Beyond the law: repentance and gendered memory
  • From interpretive conquest to antithetic ethics
  • The last Rabbi and Talmudic irony.

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