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The Jewish encounter with Hinduism : wisdom, spirituality, identity / Alon Goshen-Gottstein.
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Goshen-Gottstein, Alon, author.
- Series:
- Interreligious studies in theory and practice (New York, N.Y.)
- Interreligious studies in theory and practice
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Judaism--Relations--Hinduism.
- Judaism.
- Relations.
- Hinduism.
- Hinduism--Relations--Judaism.
- Interfaith relations.
- Physical Description:
- x, 275 pages ; 23 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2016.
- Contents:
- Introduction
- Chapter 1. Situating the project: personal and collective dimensions
- Chapter 2: The Hindu-Jewish encounter: the present context
- Chapter 3: The Jews of India: what can we learn from them?
- Chapter 4: Sarmad the Jew: a precursor of the encounter
- Chapter 5: Judaism(s) and Hinduism(s)
- Chapter 6: Judaism and Hinduism: insights from the comparative study of religion
- Chapter 7: The passage to India, the quest for spirituality
- Chapter 8: Saints: encountering the divine in humanity
- Chapter 9: The wisdom of India: ancient images and contemporary challenges
- Chapter 10: The encounter within: Hinduism and configurations of Jewish identity
- Chapter 11: The encounter becomes official: Hindu-Jewish summits
- Chapter 12: Hinduism and a Jewish theology of religions
- Summary and a personal epilogue.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-268) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781137558190
- 1137558199
- OCLC:
- 930772791
- Online:
- Contributor biographical information
- Publisher description
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