Reinventing Maimonides in contemporary Jewish thought / James A. Diamond and Menachem Kellner.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Diamond, James Arthur, author.

Kellner, Menachem Marc, 1946- author.

Series:

Littman library of Jewish civilization (Series)

The Littman Library of Jewish Civilization

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Maimonides, Moses, 1135-1204--Criticism and interpretation.

Maimonides, Moses.

Maimonides, Moses, 1135-1204.

Jewish philosophy.

Rabbis.

Criticism and interpretation.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Physical Description:

viii, 236 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

London : Littman Library Of Jewish Civilization, 2019.

Summary:

"Every work on Jewish thought and law since the twelfth century bears the imprint of Maimonides. A. N. Whitehead's famous dictum that the entire European philosophical tradition 'consists of a series of footnotes to Plato' could equally characterize Maimonides' place in the Jewish tradition. The critical studies in this volume explore how Orthodox rabbis of different orientations-Shlomo Aviner, Naftali Zvi Yehudah Berlin (Netziv), Kalonymus Kalman Shapira, Joseph Kafih, Abraham Isaac Kook, Aaron Kotler, Joseph Soloveitchik, and Elhanan Wasserman-have read and provided footnotes to Maimonides in the long twentieth century. How well did they really understand Maimonides? And where do their arguments fit in the mainstream debates about him and his works? Each of the seven core chapters examines a particular approach. Some rabbis have tried to liberate themselves from the influence of his ideas. Others have sought to build on those ideas or expand them in ways which Maimonides himself did not pursue, and which he may well not have agreed with. Still others advance patently non-Maimonidean positions, while attributing them to none other than Maimonides. Above all, the essays published here demonstrate that his legacy remains vibrantly alive today"-- Publisher's website.

Contents:

Rabbi Naftali Tsevi Yehudah Berlin: the love of Israel versus the love of the mind / James A. Diamond

Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik and Maimonides / Menachem Kellner

Rabbi Abraham Isaac Kook and the mystification of Maimonidean rationalism / James A. Diamond

Maimonides and Rabbi Kalonymus Kalman Shapira: abandoning reason in the Warsaw Ghetto / James A. Diamond

Rabbi Elhanan Wasserman on Maimonides, and Maimonides on 'Reb Elhanan' / Menachem Kellner

Each generation and its Maimonides: the Maimonides of Rabbi Aharon Kotler / Menachem Kellner

What, not who, is a Jew: Halevi-Maimonides in those days, Rabbi Aviner and Rabbi Kafih in our day / Menachem Kellner.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-226) and index.

ISBN:

1906764956

9781906764951

OCLC:

1090653703