Ethical monotheism : a philosophy of Judaism / / Ehud Benor

• Autore: Benor Ehud
• Pubblicazione: New York, N.Y. : , : Routledge, , 2018
• Edizione: First edition.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (108 pages)
• Disciplina: 296.36
• Soggetto topico: Jewish ethics - Philosophy; Religion and ethics; Monotheism; God (Judaism)
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.
• Nota di contenuto: chapter Introduction -- Holistic study of Judaism / Ehud Benor -- chapter 1 The tree of knowledge -- Limits of God’s power over chaos / Ehud Benor -- chapter 2 Afflictions of love -- Rabbinic moral psychology / Ehud Benor -- chapter 3 Cosmological Halakha -- Maimonides’s ethico-theology / Ehud Benor -- chapter 4 Theosophic Torah -- A kabbalist theory of justice / Ehud Benor -- chapter 5 Before the law -- Buber and Levinas – totality vs. transcendence / Ehud Benor -- chapter 6 Concluding Reflections / Ehud Benor -- chapter Postscript -- Can Judaism become archaic? / Ehud Benor.
• Sommario/riassunto: "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"--
• Titolo autorizzato: Ethical monotheism
• ISBN: 1-351-26394-3; 1-351-26395-1
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910796394503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Routledge Jewish studies series.