Sharing the burden : Rabbi Simḥah Zissel Ziv and the path of Musar / / Geoffrey D. Claussen

• Autore: Claussen Geoffrey D. <1979->
• Pubblicazione: Albany, New York : , : SUNY Press, , 2015; ©2015
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (261 p.)
• Disciplina: 296.3/6
• Soggetto topico: Rabbis - Lithuania - Philosophy; Ethicists - Lithuania - Philosophy; Jewish ethics; Musar movement - History
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; The Musar Movement; Rabbi Simh. ah Zissel Ziv; Chapter 1 Rabbi Simh. ah Zissel Ziv and the Talmud Torah; The History of the Talmud Torah; Talmud Study and Musar Study; The Talmud Torah as a Total Institution; Models of Authority; Simh. ah Zissel and the Haskalah; The Closing of the Talmud Torah of Grobin and the Return to Kelm; Chapter 2 Virtue and the Path of Happiness; Wisdom and Musar; Wisdom about Human Lowliness; Wisdom about the Human Form; The Limits of Wisdom; What Is a Virtue?; Choosing Virtue; The Repair of the Soul; Practical Wisdom ; Putting Virtue into ActionHappiness and Virtue; The World to Come; The Motivations for Virtue; Chapter 3 Simh. ah Zissel Among the Philosophers; "Mocking" the Philosophers; The Philosophers as Musar Masters; Reborn Like a Philosopher; The "Clear View of What Is Good"; The Rationality of the Torah; Rational Prophets and Rational Rabbis; "Reason Which Is Beyond Human Capacity"; Simh.ah Zissel Among the Kabbalists; Miracles and Nature; Chapter 4 The Great Effort of Musar; The Pursuit of the Ideal; Human Exemplars; The Divine Exemplar; Striving Toward the Infinite; The Struggle for Moral Progress ; The Problem of Stiff NecksTroubles Within the Soul; Torah "On One Foot": The Problem of Balance; "No Remedy . . . Other than to Exert Oneself Very Greatly"; The Slow Pace of Change; Chapter 5 Learning to Love; Love as a Virtue; Love as Partnership; The Reach of Love; Loving One's Fellow and Loving Oneself; Moses and the Burden of His Fellows; Love and the Practice of Musar; Love and Worldly Occupations; Love Through Commerce; Love Through Politics; Love and the Family; Practical Wisdom Revisited; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; General Index ; Index of References to Biblical and Talmudic sources
• Titolo autorizzato: Sharing the burden
• ISBN: 1-4384-5836-3
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910797666503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: SUNY series in contemporary Jewish thought.