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Tradition vs. traditionalism : contemporary perspectives in Jewish thought / Avi Sagi ; translated from Hebrew by Batya Stein

Author
Sagi, Abraham
Additional Titles
Tradition versus traditionalism and Contemporary perspectives in Jewish thought
Published
Amsterdam ; New York : Rodopi, [2008]
Copyright Date
©2008
Physical Description
1 online resource (219 pages).
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Contents
Introduction : Returning to tradition : paradox or challenge -- Part 1 : The tense encounter with modernity. Soloveitchik : Jewish thought confronts modernity ; Compartmentalization : from Ernst Simon to Yeshayahu Leibowitz -- Part 2 : The harmonic encounter with modernity. Religious commitment in a secularized world : Eliezer Goldman ; David Hartman : renewing the covenant -- Part 3 : Between old and new : Judaism as interpretation. Scripture in the thought of Leibowitz and Soloveitchik ; Halakhah in the thought of Leibowitz and Soloveitchik ; Eliezer Goldman : Judaism as interpretation.
Summary
This book is a first attempt to examine the thought of key contemporary Jewish thinkers on the meaning of tradition in the context of two models. The classic model assumes that tradition reflects lack of dynamism and reflectiveness, and the presents unqualified submission to the past. This view, however, is an image that the modernist ethos has ascribed to the tradition so as to remove it from modern existence. In the alternative model, a living tradition emerges as open and dynamic, developing through an ongoing dialogue between present and past. The Jewish philosophers discussed in this workJoseph B. Soloveitchik, Yeshayahu Leibowitz, David Hartman, and Eliezer Goldmanascribe compelling canonic status to the tradition, and the analysis of their thought discloses the tension between these two models. The book carefully traces the course they have plotted along the various interpretations of tradition through their approach to Scripture and to Halakhah.
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ISBN
9781435695412 (electronic bk.)
1435695410 (electronic bk.)
904202478X
9789042024786
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 199-209) and index.
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