LEADER 03689oam 2200529I 450 001 9910796394503321 005 20230814232829.0 010 $a1-351-26394-3 010 $a1-351-26395-1 024 7 $a10.4324/9781351263962 035 $a(CKB)3790000000540700 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC5191180 035 $a(OCoLC)1019723584 035 $a(EXLCZ)993790000000540700 100 $a20180706d2018 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $2rdacontent 182 $2rdamedia 183 $2rdacarrier 200 10$aEthical monotheism $ea philosophy of Judaism /$fEhud Benor 205 $aFirst edition. 210 1$aNew York, N.Y. :$cRoutledge,$d2018. 215 $a1 online resource (108 pages) 225 1 $aRoutledge Jewish Studies 311 $a1-351-26396-X 311 $a1-138-57868-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index. 327 $tchapter Introduction -- $tHolistic study of Judaism /$r Ehud Benor -- $tchapter 1 The tree of knowledge -- $tLimits of God?s power over chaos /$r Ehud Benor -- $tchapter 2 Afflictions of love -- $tRabbinic moral psychology /$r Ehud Benor -- $tchapter 3 Cosmological Halakha -- $tMaimonides?s ethico-theology /$r Ehud Benor -- $tchapter 4 Theosophic Torah -- $tA kabbalist theory of justice /$r Ehud Benor -- $tchapter 5 Before the law -- $tBuber and Levinas ? totality vs. transcendence /$r Ehud Benor -- $tchapter 6 Concluding Reflections /$r Ehud Benor -- $tchapter Postscript -- $tCan Judaism become archaic? /$r Ehud Benor. 330 $a"The term Ethical Monotheism is an important marker in Judaism's tumultuous transition into the modern era. The term emerged in the context of culture-wars concerning the question of whether or not Jews could or should become emancipated citizens of modern European states. It appeared in arguments whether or not Judaism could be considered a Religion of Reason--a symbolic, motivational representation of a universal morality, and in debates about whether or not Judaism could or should reform itself into a Religion of Reason. This book is both a decisive departure from such discussions and an attempt to add a further, post-modern, statement to their ongoing development. As departure, it refuses to take for granted a philosophical conception of Religion of Reason as the standard for Ethical Monotheism according to which Judaism was to be evaluated or reformed. As continuation, the book undertakes a phenomenology of Jewish modes of ethical religiosity that allows it to inquire what kind of ethical monotheism Judaism might be. Through sophisticated analysis of select "snapshots," or "fragments of a hologram," guided by a robust theory of religion, the author discloses Judaic ethical monotheism as an ongoing wrestling with the meaning of justice. By closely examining five main "snapshots" of this long process--the Bible, rabbinic Judaism, Maimonides, The Zohar, and the modern philosophers, Buber and Levinas--the author offers his own constructive philosophy of Judaism and his own distinctive philosophy of religion"--$cProvided by publisher. 410 0$aRoutledge Jewish studies series. 606 $aJewish ethics$xPhilosophy 606 $aReligion and ethics 606 $aMonotheism 606 $aGod (Judaism) 615 0$aJewish ethics$xPhilosophy. 615 0$aReligion and ethics. 615 0$aMonotheism. 615 0$aGod (Judaism) 676 $a296.36 700 $aBenor$b Ehud$01509417 801 0$bFlBoTFG 801 1$bFlBoTFG 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910796394503321 996 $aEthical monotheism$93741274 997 $aUNINA