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Books of the people / editor, Dr. Stuart W. Halpern.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: New Milford, CT, USA : Maggid Books, an imprint of Koren Publishers Jerusalem Ltd., 2017Copyright date: ©2017Edition: First editionDescription: xvii, 350 pages ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781592644704
  • 1592644708
Other title:
  • Subtitle from dust jacket : Revisiting classic works of Jewish thought
Subject(s): Genre/Form:
Contents:
Foreword / Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks -- Emunot VeDeot: the contemporary relevance of Rav Saadia Gaon's thought / Rabbi Yitzchak Blau -- Jews, Japan, and chosenness: the extraordinary universalism of Rabbi Judah Halevi's Kuzari / Rabbi Dr. Meir Y. Soloveichik -- Maimonides' Guide of the Perplexed: an enchanted book of puzzles / Dr. Warren Zev Harvey -- Sefer HaIkkarim: Rabbi Joseph Albo's exposition of Jewish dogma / Dr. Shira Weiss -- Learning from Maharal: a non-mystical approach with illustrations from Gevruot Hashem and other works / Rabbi Shalom Carmy -- The sacred writ of hasidism: Tanya and the spiritual vision of Rabbi Shneur Zalman of Liady / Rabbi Dr. Ariel Evan Mayse -- The Mayses of Rabbi Nachman of Bratslav: what makes a hasidic tale? / Dr. Jeremy Dauber -- Rabbi Samson Raphael Hirsch's Nineteen Letters on Judaism: Orthodoxy confronts the modern world / Rabbi Dr. Moshe Y. Miller -- Delving into the matter: Rabbi Naftali Tzvi Yehuda Berlin's Haamek Davar as a work of Jewish thought / Rabbi Dr. Gil S. Perl -- Rav Abraham Isaac Kook's Orot HaTeshuva: repentance as cosmology / Dr. Daniel Rynhold -- The halakhist as creator: Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik's Halakhic Man / Rabbi Reuven Ziegler -- Rav Isaac Hutner's Paḥad Yitzḥak: a Torah map of the human mind and psyche in changing times / Dr. Yaakov Elman.
Summary: "In thinking about which works of Jewish thought can and should be an essential part of every Jewish library, I conceived of the volume you hold in your hand. Each chapter in this book features a scholar of Jewish studies revisiting a particularly foundational and salient work of maḥshevet Yisrael (Jewish thought), from medieval to modern, and discussing its themes, its historical context, the circumstances and background of its author (the "person of the book"), and, most importantly, its contemporary relevance."--Preface, pages ix-x.
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

The Jews have ever been a people molded by the written word. It is no coincidence, therefore, that certain texts have come to play key roles in the continuum of Jewish discourse. Books of the People: Revisiting Classic Works of Jewish Thought presents ten foundational books written between the tenth and the twentieth centuries that have dramatically influenced the development of Jewish thought, examined by contemporary scholars of Jewish studies. Each scholar revisits a particularly salient work and discusses its themes, its historical context, the circumstances and background of its author, and its relevance to contemporary society. A thousand years of Jewish thought, seen through the lens of modern thinkers, in one accessible volume.

"Straus Center for Torah and Western Thought."

Includes bibliographical references.

Foreword / Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks -- Emunot VeDeot: the contemporary relevance of Rav Saadia Gaon's thought / Rabbi Yitzchak Blau -- Jews, Japan, and chosenness: the extraordinary universalism of Rabbi Judah Halevi's Kuzari / Rabbi Dr. Meir Y. Soloveichik -- Maimonides' Guide of the Perplexed: an enchanted book of puzzles / Dr. Warren Zev Harvey -- Sefer HaIkkarim: Rabbi Joseph Albo's exposition of Jewish dogma / Dr. Shira Weiss -- Learning from Maharal: a non-mystical approach with illustrations from Gevruot Hashem and other works / Rabbi Shalom Carmy -- The sacred writ of hasidism: Tanya and the spiritual vision of Rabbi Shneur Zalman of Liady / Rabbi Dr. Ariel Evan Mayse -- The Mayses of Rabbi Nachman of Bratslav: what makes a hasidic tale? / Dr. Jeremy Dauber -- Rabbi Samson Raphael Hirsch's Nineteen Letters on Judaism: Orthodoxy confronts the modern world / Rabbi Dr. Moshe Y. Miller -- Delving into the matter: Rabbi Naftali Tzvi Yehuda Berlin's Haamek Davar as a work of Jewish thought / Rabbi Dr. Gil S. Perl -- Rav Abraham Isaac Kook's Orot HaTeshuva: repentance as cosmology / Dr. Daniel Rynhold -- The halakhist as creator: Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik's Halakhic Man / Rabbi Reuven Ziegler -- Rav Isaac Hutner's Paḥad Yitzḥak: a Torah map of the human mind and psyche in changing times / Dr. Yaakov Elman.

"In thinking about which works of Jewish thought can and should be an essential part of every Jewish library, I conceived of the volume you hold in your hand. Each chapter in this book features a scholar of Jewish studies revisiting a particularly foundational and salient work of maḥshevet Yisrael (Jewish thought), from medieval to modern, and discussing its themes, its historical context, the circumstances and background of its author (the "person of the book"), and, most importantly, its contemporary relevance."--Preface, pages ix-x.

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