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Koltun-Fromm Ken
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Titolo: |
Abraham Geiger's liberal Judaism : personal meaning and religious authority / / Ken Koltun-Fromm
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Pubblicazione: | Bloomington, : Indiana University Press, c2006 |
Edizione: | 1st ed. |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (193 p.) |
Disciplina: | 296.8/341092 |
Soggetto topico: | Reform Judaism |
Authority - Religious aspects - Judaism | |
Meaning (Philosophy) - Religious aspects - Judaism | |
Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 141-171) and index. |
Nota di contenuto: | Introduction : Abraham Geiger, religious authority, and personal meaning -- Historical memory and the authority of religious Judaism -- The practice of hermeneutical authority -- The gendered politics of authority -- Rabbinic authority -- Jewish education and the authority of personal meaning -- Conclusion : the practice of authority. |
Sommario/riassunto: | German rabbi, scholar, and theologian Abraham Geiger (1810--1874) is recognized as the principal leader of the Reform movement in German Judaism. In his new work, Ken Koltun-Fromm argues that for Geiger personal meaning in religion -- rather than rote ritual practice or acceptance of dogma -- was the key to religion's moral authority. In five chapters, the book explores issues central to Geiger's work that speak to contemporary Jewish practice -- historical memory, biblical interpretation, ritual and g |
Titolo autorizzato: | Abraham Geiger's liberal Judaism ![]() |
ISBN: | 9786612072765 |
1-282-07276-5 | |
0-253-11185-4 | |
1-4337-0849-3 | |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910820682603321 |
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