The Dual Truth, Volumes I & II : Studies on Nineteenth-Century Modern Religious Thought and Its Influence on Twentieth-Century Jewish Philosophy / Ephraim Chamiel.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Chamiel, Ephraim, Author.

Contributor:

Kallenbach, Avi, translator.

Series:

Studies in Orthodox Judaism.

Studies in Orthodox Judaism

Language:

English

Hebrew

Subjects (All):

Hirsch, Samson Raphael, 1808-1888.

Hirsch, Samson Raphael.

Luzzatto, Samuel David, 1800-1865.

Luzzatto, Samuel David.

Bible. Old Testament--Criticism, interpretation, etc--History--19th century.

Bible.

Bible. Old Testament--Criticism, interpretation, etc--History--20th century.

Jewish philosophy--19th century.

Jewish philosophy.

Jewish philosophy--20th century.

Judaism--History--Modern period, 1750-.

Judaism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (590 pages).

Place of Publication:

Boston, MA : Academic Studies Press, [2019]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

This book explores three schools of fascinating, talented, and gifted scholars whose philosophies assimilated the Jewish and secular cultures of their respective homelands: they include halakhists from Rabbi Ettlinger to Rabbi Eliezer Berkowitz; Jewish philosophers from Isaac Bernays to Yeshayau Leibowitz; and biblical commentators such as Samuel David Luzzatto and Rabbi Umberto Cassuto.Running like a thread through their philosophies is the attempt to reconcile the Jewish belief in revelation with Western culture, Western philosophy, and the conclusions of scientific research. Among these attempts is Luzzatto's "dual truth" approach.The Dual Truth is the sequel to the Ephraim Chamiel's previous book The Middle Way, which focused on the challenges faced by members of the "Middle Trend" in nineteenth-century Jewish thought.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Table of Contents

Translator's Note

Foreword to the English Edition

Introduction

Chapter One: Samson Raphael Hirsch: The Neo-Orthodox, Neo-Romantic Educator, and his Approach of Neo-Fundamentalist Identicality

Chapter Two: Interpretations of Hirsch's Thought from the Right and the Left

Chapter Three: "Heavenly Reward"-Samuel David Luzzatto's Doctrine of Divine Providence-between Revelation and Philosophy

Chapter Four: Development of Halakhah: Luzzatto's Evolving Views

Chapter Five: The Peshat is One, Because the Truth is One: Luzzatto between Interpretation and Thought

Chapter Six: Luzzatto and Maimonides: "Accept Truth from Whoever Speaks It"

Chapter Seven: Luzzatto on Theosophical Kabbalah: Harmful Invention with Worthy Intentions

Chapter Eight: Between Reason and Revelation: The Encounter between Rabbi Tsvi Hirsch Chajes and Nahman Krochmal

Chapter Nine: Hirsch's Influence on Religious Jewish Philosophy in the Twentieth Century

Chapter Ten: Hirsch's Influence on Rabbi David Tsvi Hoffmann's Commentary on the Pentateuch

Chapter Eleven: Hirsch's Influence on Twentieth-Century Halakhic Decisors

Chapter Twelve: The Influence of German Neo- Orthodoxy on the Young Rav Kook

Chapter Thirteen: Luzzatto's Influence on Umberto Cassuto's Method of Biblical Interpretation

Chapter Fourteen: Tolerance, Pluralism, and Postmodernism- A Dialectic of Opposites in Jewish Thought in the Modern Era

Bibliography

Index of Subjects

Index of Names

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 21. Dez 2019)

ISBN:

1-61811-869-2

OCLC:

1135580843