Cultures in collision and conversation : essays in the intellectual history of the Jews / David Berger.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Berger, David, 1943-

Series:

Judaism and Jewish Life

Judaism and Jewish life

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Judaism--Relations.

Judaism.

Intercultural communication--Religious aspects--Judaism.

Intercultural communication.

Judaism--History.

Jews--History.

Jews.

Jews--Intellectual life.

Messianic era (Judaism).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (450 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Boston : Academic Studies Press, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In Cultures in Collision and Conversation, David Berger addresses three broad themes in Jewish intellectual history: Jewish approaches to cultures external to Judaism and the controversies triggered by this issue in medieval and modern times; the impact of Christian challenges and differing philosophical orientations on Jewish interpretation of the Bible; and Messianic visions, movements, and debates from antiquity to the present. These essays include a monograph-length study of Jewish attitudes toward general culture in medieval and early modern times, analyses of the thought of Maimonides and Nahmanides, an assessment of the reactions to the most recent messianic movement in Jewish history, and reflections on the value of the academic study of Judaism.

Contents:

Cover; Contents; Introduction; The Cultural Environment: Challenge and Response; IDENTITY, IDEOLOGY AND FAITH:; JUDAISM AND GENERAL CULTURE IN MEDIEVAL AND EARLY MODERN TIMES; HOW DID NAHMANIDES PROPOSE TO RESOLVETHE MAIMONIDEAN CONTROVERSY?; MIRACLES AND THE NATURAL ORDER INNAHMANIDES*; POLEMIC, EXEGESIS, PHILOSOPHY, AND SCIENCE:; MALBIM'S SECULAR KNOWLEDGE AND HISRELATIONSHIP TO THE SPIRIT OF THE HASKALAH; THE USES OF MAIMONIDESBY TWENTIETH CENTURY JEWRY; THE INSTITUTE FOR JEWISH STUDIES ON ITS EIGHTIETH BIRTHDAY; Interpreting the Bible; ""THE WISEST OF ALL MEN"": SOLOMON'S WISDOM

ON THE MORALITY OF THE PATRIARCHS IN JEWISH POLEMIC AND EXEGESISYearning for Redemption; THREE TYPOLOGICAL THEMES IN EARLY JEWISH MESSIANISM:; SOME IRONIC CONSEQUENCES OF MAIMONIDES' RATIONALIST APPROACH TO THE MESSIANIC AGE; SEPHARDIC AND ASHKENAZIC MESSIANISM IN THE MIDDLE AGES:; MACCABEES, ZEALOTS AND JOSEPHUS:; THE FRAGILITY OF RELIGIOUS DOCTRINE:; Epilogue; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

CC BY-NC

ISBN:

9781618117915

1618117912

9781618110602

1618110608

OCLC:

922977643

Access Restriction:

Open access Unrestricted online access