| God's Kindness Has Overwhelmed Us: A Contemporary Doctrine of the Jews as the Chosen People Contributor(s): Gellman (Author) |
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ISBN: 1618111701 ISBN-13: 9781618111708 Publisher: Academic Studies Press OUR PRICE: $103.55 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: December 2012 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Religion | Judaism - Theology - Philosophy | Religious |
| Dewey: 296 |
| LCCN: 2013454107 |
| Series: Emunot: Jewish Philosophy and Kabbalah |
| Physical Information: 0.31" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (0.77 lbs) 120 pages |
| Themes: - Religious Orientation - Jewish |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Jerome Gellman presents a new theology of the Jews as the Chosen People, addressing self-serving ethnocentric supremacy, cultural isolation, and defamation of religions other than Judaism. This book is traditional in taking chosenness and the truth of Judaism seriously, and in eschewing a theology of multiple covenants. At the same time, it is critical, rejecting previous concepts of chosenness, and innovative, offering for the twenty-first century a fresh way of seeing the Jews' place in the world. On this foundation, Gellman suggests a new approach to inter-religious understanding from a Jewish point of view, and examines the impact of his proposal on traditional Jewish liturgy. |