Contemporary covenantal thought : interpretations of covenant in the thought of David Hartman and Eugene Borowitz / Simon Cooper.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cooper, Simon.

Series:

Emunot.

Emunot : Jewish philosophy and Kabbalah

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Covenants--Religious aspects--Judaism.

Covenants.

Covenant theology.

Hartman, David, 1931-2013.

Hartman, David.

Borowitz, Eugene B.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xii, 322 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Boston : Academic Studies Press, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Refusing to accept anything but ever-increasing levels of human responsibility within a religious framework, covenantal thinkers audaciously suggest that the covenant empowers humanity as it binds and inhibits divinity. This is a reformulation of recurrent issues within the Jewish tradition, and one which pays homage to the modern context from which it emerges. Hartman and Borowitz grew up in the same mid-century American academic and social environment, and the product of that upbringing has a significant impact on the subsequent theories which they promote. Both thinkers have attracted a considerable following, but very few scholars have discussed them together. Cooper here for the first time works toward understanding their work in comparison with each other, and with covenant as the central focus and framework.

Contents:

Front matter

Contents

Acknowledgments

Chapter One. Introduction: The Parameters of Covenantal Thought

Chapter Two. American Jewish Theology and Society in the Post-Holocaust Period

Chapter Three. Covenantal Thought: Its Sources and Contexts

Chapter Four. Contemporary Jewish Philosophy's Covenantal Framework The Autonomous Thrust in Judaism

Chapter. Five Covenantal Ethic s and Covenantal Law

Chapter Six. The Boundaries of Covenantal Responsibility: Messianism, the Holocaust, and Historical Progress

Chapter Seven. Conclusions The Achievements and Problematic s of Contemporary Covenantal Thought

Glossary of Hebrew Terms

Bibliography

INDEX

CITATIONS INDEX

Notes:

Formerly CIP.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-61811-086-1

OCLC:

864383084