What Can a Modern Jew Believe? - Couverture souple

Rosenthal, Gilbert S.

 
9781597528689: What Can a Modern Jew Believe?
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 1597528684 ISBN 13 : 9781597528689
Editeur : Wipf and Stock, 2007

Synopsis

What Can a Modern Jew Believe? is an attempt to present to intelligent, contemporary Jews a brief summation of basic beliefs and tenets of Judaism. Divided into sixteen chapters and an introduction, the book deals with salient principles of faith: Why Religion? What Can a Modern Jew Believe? What Can We Believe About God? Can We Believe in Revelation? What Is a Human Being? Are Jews the Chosen People? Halakhah: Divine or Human? Why Ritual? Why Pray? Why Eretz Yisrael? Tolerance? Pluralism? Which? Why Evil? Can We Repair the World? How Can Jews Relate to Other Faiths? Messiah: Fact or Fancy? Is There an Afterlife? Each chapter analyzes traditional interpretations of the themes, citing appropriate biblical, rabbinic, medieval, and modern texts. The chapters also include the views of contemporary Jewish thinkers as well as the positions of the various modern Jewish religious movements. The author critiques the diverse opinions and then offers his own insights as to the significance and relevance of these principles for contemporary Jews. "Points to Ponder" follow each chapter and are designed to stimulate discussion and further reading and thinking.

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À propos de l?auteur

Gilbert S. Rosenthal is the Director of the National Council of Synagogues, a partnership of the Reform, Conservative, and Reconstructionist movements in Judaism dealing with interfaith matters nationally. He served as a congregational rabbi for thirty-three years and was Executive Vice President of the New York Board of Rabbis. He has written articles and essays in English and Hebrew and has authored more than twelve books, including What Can a Modern Jew Believe? (Wipf & Stock, 2007) and The Many Faces of Judaism (1978).

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Éditeur
Wipf and Stock
Date d'édition
2007
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1597528684
ISBN 13 
9781597528689
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
286
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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