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A People apart : chosenness and ritual in Jewish philosophical thought / edited by Daniel H. Frank.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- SUNY Series in Jewish Philosophy
- SUNY series in Jewish philosophy
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Jews--Election, Doctrine of--History of doctrines.
- Jews.
- Jewish law--Philosophy.
- Jewish law.
- Judaism--Customs and practices--Philosophy.
- Judaism.
- Jewish philosophy.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (vi, 270 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- Albany : State University of New York Press, c1993.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Philosphical speculations on chosenness and ritual in Judaism.
- Contents:
- ""Front Matter""; ""Front Cover""; ""Half Title Page""; ""Title Page""; ""Copyright Page""; ""Table Of Contents""; ""Contents""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""Chosenness""; ""The Election of Israel: Outline of a Philosophical Analysis""; ""Chosenness, Not Chauvinism: Maimonides on the Chosen People""; ""Response to Menachem Kell""; ""Reply to Norbert Samuelson""; ""Judaism and Chosenness: On Some Controversial Aspects from Spinoza to Contemporary Jewish Thought""; ""Ritual""; ""Rational Law/Ritual Law""; ""Mitzvah as Metaphor""; ""Jewish Ritual and the Experience of ""Rootedness""""; ""The Concept of Worship in Judaism"" ""Back Matter""; ""CONTRIBUTORS""; ""INDEX""; ""Back Cover""
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes index.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781438403205
- 1438403208
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