Judaism examined : essays in Jewish philosophy and ethics / Dr. Moshe Sokol, Dean and Professor of Philosophy, Lander College for Men of Touro College.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sokol, Moshe.

Series:

Touro University Press

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jewish philosophy.

Jewish ethics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (520 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York : Academic Studies Press, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Are there theoretical grounds for tolerance in the classical Jewish tradition? Is human autonomy endorsed by Judaism? What is the range of attitudes toward pleasure that has found expression in Jewish sources? What does Maimonides have to say about joy, and what does Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik teach about human suffering? This volume of essays examines these and many other key questions about Judaism from the rigorous perspective of philosophical analysis. Unlike most scholarship in Jewish philosophy, which approaches the field primarily from the perspective of intellectual history, this volume also engages in active philosophical dialogue with the texts and thinkers it addresses. Judaism Examined is a much-needed answering voice to the perennial questions of Jewish philosophy.

Contents:

Front matter

Contents

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Introduction

LIVING A JEWISH LIFE

Chapter I Maimonides on Joy

Chapter II Maimonides on the Philosophical Life

Chapter III Is There a "Halakhic" Response to the Problem of Evil?

Chapter IV Attitudes Toward Pleasure in Jewish Thought: A Typological Proposal

Chapter V Mitzvah as Metaphor: Towards a Philosophical Theory of Ta'amei Ha-Mitzvot

AUTONOMY, FREEDOM, AND TOLERANCE

Chapter VI Maimonides on Freedom of the Will and Moral Responsibility

Chapter VII Master or Slave? Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik on Human Autonomy in the Presence of God

Chapter VIII The Autonomy of Reason, Revealed Morality and Jewish Law

Chapter IX Theoretical Grounds for Tolerance in the Jewish Tradition

Chapter X Personal Autonomy and Religious Authority

TOPICS IN APPLIED JEWISH ETHICS AND PHILOSOPHY Applied Jewish Ethics

Chapter XI The Allocation of Scarce Medical Resources: A Philosophical Analysis of the Halakhic Sources

Chapter XII Some Tensions in the Jewish Attitude Toward the Taking of Human Life

Chapter XIII What Are the Ethical Implications of Jewish Theological Conceptions of the Natural World?

Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik

Chapter XIV Joseph B. Soloveitchik: Lonely Man of Faith

Chapter XV Ger Ve-Toshav Anokhi: Modernity and Traditionalism in the Life and Thought of Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik

Chapter XVI Transcending Time: Elements of Romanticism in the Thought of Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik

Interpreting Jewish Texts

Chapter XVII What Does A Jewish Text Mean? Theories of E'lu Ve-Elu Divrei Elohim Hayyim in Rabbinic Literature

Chapter XVIII How Do Modern Jewish Thinkers Interpret Religious Texts?

CITATIONS INDEX

GENERAL INDEX

Notes:

Includes indexes.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed January 9, 2014).

ISBN:

1-61811-187-6

OCLC:

870836000