Religion or halakha : the philosophy of Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik / by Dov Schwartz ; translated by Batya Stein.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Schwartz, Dov.

Series:

Supplements to The journal of Jewish thought and philosophy 1873-9008 ; v. 1.

Supplements to The journal of Jewish thought and philosophy, 1873-9008 ; v. 1

Standardized Title:

Haguto ha-filosofit shel ha-Rav Soloveits'iḳ. English

Language:

English

Hebrew

Subjects (All):

Soloveitchik, Joseph Dov, 1903-1993--Teachings.

Soloveitchik, Joseph Dov.

Soloveitchik, Joseph Dov, 1903-1993. Ish ha-halakhah, galui ṿe-nistar.

Soloveitchik, Joseph Dov, 1903-1993.

Jewish philosophy.

Jewish law--Philosophy.

Jewish law.

Teachings.

Physical Description:

volumes <1- > ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2007-

Summary:

This book focuses on the first stages of Soloveitchiks philosophy, through a systematic and detailed discussion of his essay Halakhic Man. Schwartz successfully exposes hidden layers in Halakhic Man, which may not be immediately evident.

Contents:

The opening of Halakhic man : a covert dialogue with homo religiosus

Homo religiosus: between religion and cognition

The first paradigm of homo religiosus : Maimonides

The second paradigm of homo religiosus : Kant

Halakhic man as cognitive man

The negation of metaphysics and of the messianic idea

Mysticism, Kabbalah, and Hasidism

Halakhic cognition and the norm

Halakhic man's personality structure

Religiosity after cognition : all-inclusive consciousness

Myth as metaphor : halakhic man as a creator of worlds

Change or interpretation: repentance as creativity

On providence and prophecy

Halakhic man after twenty years : what has changed?.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [359]-363) and indexes.

ISBN:

9789004157668

9004157662

OCLC:

132580268