Dynamic Judaism : The Essential Writings of Mordecai M. Kaplan / Emanuel Goldsmith, Mel Scult.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Goldsmith, Emanuel, Author.

Scult, Mel, Author.

Contributor:

Goldsmith, Emanuel S., Contributor.

Scult, Mel, Contributor.

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource (264 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Fordham University Press, [2022]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Mordecai M. Kaplan was born in a small Lithuanian town on the outskirts of Vilna on a Friday evening in June of 1881. Kaplan was raised in a predominately Jewish atmosphere, which is shown by the fact that he knew his day of birth only by the Jewish calendar until he went to the New York Public Library as a young man to look up the corresponding date. His family was extremely traditional, and his father, Israel Kaplan, was a learned man.Kaplan's concept of Judaism as an evolving religious civilization was widely influential in 20th-century American Jewish life, and his founding of the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College created a new denomination. This book contains a biographical essay and excerpts from all of his major works.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Mordecai M. Kaplan: His Life

Mordecai M. Kaplan: His Interpretation of Judaism

I The Modern Predicament

II Jewish Peoplehood

III The Quest for the Divine

IV Torah in Our Day

V Interpreting the Torah, the Prophets, and the Rabbis

VI Interpreting Medieval and Modern Judaism

VII Judaism and Community in America

VIII Ethics

IX Jewish Education

X Worship and Ritual

XI Reconstructionist Judaism

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 02. Mrz 2022)

ISBN:

0-8232-9539-7