Dilemmas in Modern Jewish Thought: The Dialectics of Revelation and History by M

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Is Judaism a timeless, universal set of beliefs or, rather, is it historical and contingent in its relation to different times and places? Do Jewish beliefs derive their meaning from texts and revelation or from rational argument and experience? This title addresses major Jewish thinkers who have wrestled with the moral and theological dilemmas.

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MIchael Morgan has served up an intellectual treat. These subtle and carefully reasoned essays explore the dilemmas of the post-modern Jew who would take history seriously without losing the commanding presence Israel heard at Sinai.... It is a pleasure to be nourished by a fresh mind exploring the tension between reason and revelation, history and faith."-Rabbi Samuel KarffThis is without doubt one of the most significant works in modern Jewish thought and a must for a thoughtful student of contemporary Jewish philosophy." -Rabbie Sheldon ZimmermanThis may well mark the next stage in the long history of Jewish self-understanding." -Ethics... rigorous history of modern Jewish thought... " -ChoiceIs Judaism a timeless, universal set of beliefs or, rather, is it historical and contingent in its relation to different times and places? Morgan clarifies the tensions and dilemmas that characterize modern thinking about the nature of Judaism and clears the way for Jews to appreciate their historical situation, yet locate enduring values and principles in a post-Holocaust world.

Author Biography

MICHAEL L. MORGAN is Professor in the Philosophy and Jewish Studies Program at Indiana University. He is the author of Platonic Piety: Philosophy and Ritual in Fourth Century Athens and editor of The Jewish Thought of Emil Fackenheim and Classics of Moral and Political Theory.

Table of Contents

AcknowledgmentsIntroductionChapter 1 Overcoming the Remoteness of the Past: Memory and Historiography in Modern Jewish ThoughtChapter 2 History and Modern Jewish Thought: Spinoza and Mendelssohn on the Ritual LawChapter 3 Liberalism in Mendelssohn's JerusalemChapter 4 The Curse of Historicity: The Role of History in Leo Strauss and the Possibility of Jewish PhilosophyChapter 5 Leo Strauss and the Possibility of Jewish PhilosophyChapter 6 Judaism and Peter Berger's Heretical ImperativeChapter 7 Jewish Ethics after the HolocaustChapter 8 Historicism, Evil, and Post-Holocaust Moral ThoughtChapter 9 Philosophy, History, and the Jewish Thinker: Jewish Thought and Philosophy in Emil Fackenheim's To Mend the WorldChapter 10 Franz Rosenzweig, Objectivity, and the New ThinkingChapter 11 Jewish Philosophy and Historical Self-ConsciousnessChapter 12 Contemporary Jewish Thought in AmericaNotesIndex

Review

"Michael Morgan has served up an intellectual treat. These subtle and carefully reasoned essays explore the dilemmas of the post-modern Jew who would take history seriously without losing the commanding presence Israel heard at Sinai... It is a pleasure to be nourished by a fresh mind exploring the tension between reason and revelation, history and faith."- Rabbi Samuel Karff "This is without doubt one of the most significant works in modern Jewish thought and a must for a thoughtful student of contemporary Jewish philosophy." - Rabbie Sheldon Zimmerman "This may well mark the next stage in the long history of Jewish self-understanding." - Ethics " ... rigorous history of modern Jewish thought ... " - Choice

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"Michael Morgan has served up an intellectual treat. These subtle and carefully reasoned essays explore the dilemmas of the post-modern Jew who would take history seriously without losing the commanding presence Israel heard at Sinai. . . . It is a pleasure to be nourished by a fresh mind exploring the tension between reason and revelation, history and faith."- Rabbi Samuel Karff"This is without doubt one of the most significant works in modern Jewish thought and a must for a thoughtful student of contemporary Jewish philosophy." - Rabbie Sheldon Zimmerman"This may well mark the next stage in the long history of Jewish self-understanding." - Ethics" . . . rigorous history of modern Jewish thought . . . " - Choice

Details ISBN0253338786 Author Michael L. Morgan Short Title DILEMMAS IN MODERN JEWISH THOU Pages 212 Publisher Indiana University Press Language English ISBN-10 0253338786 ISBN-13 9780253338785 Media Book Format Hardcover Year 1992 Imprint Indiana University Press Subtitle The Dialectics of Revelation and History Place of Publication Bloomington, IN Country of Publication United States Birth 1944 Residence US Affiliation Indiana University Illustrations black & white illustrations DOI 10.1604/9780253338785 UK Release Date 1992-11-22 AU Release Date 1992-11-22 NZ Release Date 1992-11-22 US Release Date 1992-11-22 Publication Date 1992-11-22 Alternative 9780253114761 DEWEY 181 Audience Professional & Vocational We've got this

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