God's kindness has overwhelmed US : a contemporary doctrine of the Jews as the chosen people / Jerome (Yehudah) Gellman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gellman, Jerome I.

Series:

Emunot.

Emunot: Jewish Philosophy and Kabbalah

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Judaism--21st century.

Judaism.

Jews.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (120 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Boston : Academic Studies Press, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Jerome Gellman presents a new theology of the Jews as the Chosen People, addressing self-serving ethnocentric supremacy, cultural isolation, and defamation of religions other than Judaism. This book is traditional in taking chosenness and the truth of Judaism seriously, and in eschewing a theology of multiple covenants. At the same time, it is critical, rejecting previous concepts of chosenness, and innovative, offering for the twenty-first century a fresh way of seeing the Jews' place in the world. On this foundation, Gellman suggests a new approach to inter-religious understanding from a Jewish point of view, and examines the impact of his proposal on traditional Jewish liturgy.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements

Introduction: With A Wink of the Eye

I: Setting the Stage

II: Choosing Chosenness: Criteria

III: Views of Chosenness

IV: God's Love Has Overwhelmed Us: The Jews and the Nations of the World

V: God's Love Has Overwhelmed Us: Judaism and World Religions

VI: Chosenness: Past and Future

Conclusion

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 110-115) and index.

ISBN:

1-61811-192-2

OCLC:

863670837