Israelis and the Jewish tradition : an ancient people debating its future

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In this discussion of Kabbalah - from the mystical trends of medieval Judaism to modern Hasidism - Moshe Idel considers different visions of the nature of the sacred text and of the methods to interpret it. He takes as a starting point the fact that the post-biblical Jewish world lost its geographic...

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Main Author: Hartman, David, 1931-2013
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: New Haven : Yale University Press, ©2000.
Series:Terry lectures.
Subjects:
Maimonides, Moses, > 1135-1204.
Judah, > ha-Levi, > active 12th century.
Judah, > ha-Levi, > active 12th century
Maimonides, Moses, > 1135-1204
Jews > Israel > Identity.
Judaism > Israel.
Secularism > Israel.
Zionism > Philosophy.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Discrimination & Race Relations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Minority Studies.
HISTORY > Jewish.
Jews > Identity
Judaism
Secularism
Zionism > Philosophy
Joden.
Identiteit.
Jodendom.
Israel
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Table of Contents:
  • Crisis and tradition
  • The God of history in Yehuda Halevi
  • The cosmic God in Maimonides
  • Rabbinic foundations of Maimonides' thought
  • Halakhic sobriety and inclusiveness.

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