Rabbi Abraham; Isaac Kook and Jewish Spirituality

Lawrence J. Kaplan; David Shatz (eds.)

ISBN 10: 0814746535 / ISBN 13: 9780814746530

Edité par New York University Press, New York and London, 1995

A propos de cet article

Softcover book bound in stiff printed wrappers. 23 cm. 346 pages. The book is in near fine condition. No ownership marks/writing present within. Hinges tight, interior pages bright. Light edge wear/bumping to the wrappers.

N° de réf. du vendeur 4117

Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: Rabbi Abraham; Isaac Kook and Jewish Spirituality
• Éditeur: New York University Press, New York and London
• Date de parution: 1995
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 0814746535
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9780814746530
• Reliure: Couverture souple
• Édition: First paperback edition.
• État de l'article: NF
• Catalogues du vendeur:
  • Judaica

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Synopsis

Rabbi Abraham Isaac Kook (1865-1935) was the first Ashkenazic chief rabbi of mandatory Palestine. Admired for the incredible diversity of his talents and interests--talmudist, halakhist, kabbalist, mystic, theologian, moralist, poet, and communal leader--Rav Kook's world outlook extolled breadth and derided narrow specialization. More than any other Orthodox thinker in modern times, he addressed, squarely and boldly, the confrontation between Judaism and the modern world. Kook serves as a natural model to those Jews who seek a religious understanding of and response to the culture and politics of the modern age.
These essays, most published here for the first time, offer a range of analyses and interpretations covering, in an accessible, systematic, and comprehensive fashion the major areas of Rav Kook's thought. Among the issues discussed are: his relationship to the Jewish mystical, philosophical, and halakhic traditions; poetry and spirituality; harmonism and pluralism; tolerance and its limits; Zionism, messianism, and politics; and Rav Kook today.

À propos de l?auteur

LAWRENCE J. KAPLAN is Associate Professor of Rabbinics and Jewish Philosophy at McGill University.