The essential Agus
Subtitle: the writings of Jacob B. Agus
By: edited by Steven T. Katz.
Contributors: Katz, Steven T., 1944-
Publisher: New York University Press; NYU Press
Published: 1997
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 573
Subjects: Agus, Jacob B. 1911-1986; Judaism; Philosophy, Jewish
Description: Rabbi Jacob Agus' (1911-1986) intellectual production spanned nearly half a century and covered an enormous historical and conceptual range, from the biblical to the modern era. Best known as an important Jewish scholar, he also held important rabbinic, teaching, and public positions.

Although born and raised within an orthodox setting, Agus was strongly influenced by American liberalism, and his work displayed modernizing sympathies, reservations about nationalism - including some forms of Zionism - and often severe criticisms of kabbalah. Agus crafted a unique, quite American, modernizing vision that ardently sought to remain in touch with the well-springs of the rabbinic tradition while remaining open to the intellectual and moral currents of his own time.

The Essential Agus brings together a sampling of Agus' most important published and unpublished material in one easily accessible volume.
Notes: "Bibliography of the works of Jacob B. Agus": p. 566-573.
Includes bibliographical references and index.