Maimonides, Spinoza and Us: Toward an Intellectually Vibrant Judaism
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Specificații
ISBN-10: 1683361849
Pagini: 224
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 13 mm
Greutate: 0.34 kg
Editura: Turner
Cuprins
Acknowledgments
Preface
1 Faith in Reason, Reason in Faith
2 The Nature of God, the God of Nature
3 Torah from Heaven
4 Divine Providence
5 The Oral Torah and Rabbinic Tradition
6 Religion and Superstition
7 Israel and Humanity
8 Conversion to Judaism
9 Eternal Torah, Changing Times
10 Faith and Reason
Notes
Suggestions for Further Reading
Notă biografică
Rabbi Marc D. Angel, PhD, is founder and director of the Institute for Jewish Ideas and Ideals (www.jewishideas.org). Rabbi emeritus of Congregation Shearith Israel of New York City, he is author and editor of twenty-nine books, including Maimonides, Spinoza and Us: Toward an Intellectually Vibrant Judaism; Foundations of Sephardic Spirituality: The Inner Life of Jews of the Ottoman Empire (both finalists for the National Jewish Book Award); and Maimonides-Essential Teachings on Jewish Faith and Ethics: The Book of Knowledge and the Thirteen Principles of Faith-Annotated and Explained (all Jewish Lights).
Rabbi Marc D. Angel, PhD, is available to speak on the following topics:
- Maimonides, Spinoza and Us: Confronting Basic Issues of Faith
- The Orthodox and Non-Orthodox Jewish Communities: Can We Learn from Each Other?
- Conversion to Judaism: What the Jewish Community Can Learn from Converts
- Choosing to Be Jewish: The Orthodox Road to Conversion
- Losing the Rat Race, Winning at Life: Ethics for Moderns