Contemplative nation
Subtitle: a philosophical account of Jewish theological language
By: Cass Fisher
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Stanford, California
Language: eng
Number of pages: 301
ISBN-13: 9780804776646
Copyright date: 2012
Subjects: Doctrines; Philosophical theology; Judaism and philosophy; Judaism
Description: This title challenges the long-standing view that theology is not a vital part of the Jewish tradition. For political and philosophical reasons, both scholars of Judaism and Jewish thinkers have sought to minimize the role of theology in Judaism.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Hermeneutic theory and the study of Jewish theology : toward a new model of Jewish theological language; title: Jewish theology as a religious and doxastic practice; title: Forms of theological language in Mekhilta of Rabbi Ishmael; title: Forms of theological language in Franz Rosenzweig's The star of redemption.