| Autonomy and Judaism: The Individual and Community in Jewish Philosophical Thought Contributor(s): Frank, Daniel H. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0791412105 ISBN-13: 9780791412107 Publisher: State University of New York Press OUR PRICE: $33.20 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 1992 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Philosophy | Eastern - History | Jewish - General |
| Dewey: 181.06 |
| LCCN: 91-37943 |
| Series: Suny Jewish Philosophy |
| Physical Information: (0.72 lbs) 229 pages |
| Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - Jewish |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This volume brings together leading philosophers of Judaism on the issue of autonomy in the Jewish tradition. Addressing themselves to the relationship of the individual Jew to the Jewish community and to the world at large, some selections are systematic in scope, while others are more historically focused. The authors address issues ranging from the earliest expressions of individual human fulfillment in the Bible and medieval Jewish discussions of the human good to modern discussions of the necessity for the Jew to maintain both a Jewish sensibility as well as an active engagement in the modern pluralistic state. Contributors include Eugene Borowitz, Elliot N. Dorff, Daniel H. Frank, Robert Gibbs, Lenn E. Goodman, Ze'ev Levy, Kenneth Seeskin, and Martin D. Yaffe. |