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Why does a book on Jewish philosophy begin with a discussion of revelation? First, because it is revelation that creates Judaism as a religion. […] Without God’s…
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Neil Gillman
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Philadelphia, United States of America
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1990
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When a human being builds a palace, he does not build it according to his own wisdom, but according to the wisdom of a craftsman. And the craftsman does not build according to his own wisdom, rather…
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Nosson Scherman
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New York, United States of America
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1993
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In the book of Ruth we read an extraordinary expression of love between two women, spoken by a daughter-in-law to her mother-in-law. The text has often been read as a reflection of Judaism’s position…
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Deborah Dash Moore
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Ann Arbor, United States of America
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1999
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The fact that at a crossroads in Jewish history two “fathers of the world” met, men who were to become trailblazers in religious philosophy, is of major importance. The…
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Abraham Joshua Heschel
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New York, United States of America
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1962
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A Civil War–era Jewish leader defends the institution of slavery in the South based on his reading of the Hebrew Bible.
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Morris Jacob Raphall
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New York City, United States of America
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1861
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The fundamental issue surrounding the use of archaeological material to illuminate the Bible duplicates the classic Torah u-Madda question: How ought we to make use of wisdom or learning that can…
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Lawrence H. Schiffman
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New York, United States of America
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2003
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The ancient Judaic midrash paved the way for a certain type of biblical hermeneutics while also using the master pre-Text as a pretext for creating a new tale. The midrash is the prototype of creative…
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Nehama Aschkenasy
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Stamford, United States of America
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2004
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Most simply described, Bibliodrama is a form of role-playing in which the roles played are taken from biblical texts. The roles may be those of characters who appear in the Bible…
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Peter A. Pitzele
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Katonah, United States of America
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1997
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The wilderness is not just a desert through which we wandered for forty years. It is a way of being. A place that demands being open to the flow of life around you. A place that demands being…
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Lawrence Kushner
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San Francisco, United States of America
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1977
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In the beginning, the Lord God formed Adam and Lilith from the dust of the ground and breathed into their nostrils the breath of life. Created from the same source, both having been formed from the…
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Judith Plaskow
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Boston, United States of America
Date:
1979