Jewish spirituality and divine law / edited by Adam Mintz and Lawrence Schiffman.

Format:

Book

Conference/Event

Contributor:

Mintz, Adam.

Schiffman, Lawrence H.

Conference Name:

Orthodox Forum (12th : 2000 : New York, N.Y.)

Series:

Orthodox Forum series

The Orthodox Forum series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Spiritual life--Judaism--Congresses.

Spiritual life.

Orthodox Judaism--Congresses.

Orthodox Judaism.

Spiritual life--Judaism--History of doctrines--Congresses.

Spiritual life--Judaism.

Genre:

Conference papers and proceedings.

Physical Description:

xxi, 534 pages ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York : The Michael Scharf Publication Trust of the Yeshiva University Press ; Jersey City, NJ : Ktav, [2005]

Contents:

Law and spirituality : defining the terms / Aharon Lichtenstein

Jewish spirituality in the Bible and Second Temple literature / Lawrence H. Schiffman

Torah ve-avodah : prayer and Torah study as competing values in the time of Ḥazal / Yaakov Elman

Dwelling with Kabbalah : meditation, ritual, and study / Alan Brill

Models of spirituality in medieval Jewish philosophy / Daniel J. Lasker

Spirituality and the art of the ancient synagogue / Steven Fine

Spirituality and Jewish ceremonial art / Vivian B. Mann

Teaching spirituality in day schools and yeshiva high schools / Moshe Sokolow

Orthodoxy and the search for spirituality in Jewish adult education / Erica S. Brown

Maimonides on prayer / Arthur Hyman

Liturgical innovation and spirituality : trends and trendiness / Judith Bleich

Spiritual experience for Ḥasidic youths and girls in pre-Holocaust Europe : a confluence of tradition and modernity / Naftali Loewenthal

Without intelligence, whence prayer? / Shalom Carmy

Religion, spirituality, and the future of American Judaism / Chaim I. Waxman.

Notes:

Papers from the 12th Orthodox Forum held in New York, N.Y., Apr. 2-3, 2000.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0881258652

OCLC:

56194892