Judaism's Great Debates - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Judaism's Great Debates write by Barry L. Schwartz. This book was released on 2012-07-01. Judaism's Great Debates available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Thanks to these generous donors for making the publication of this book possible: David Lerman and Shelley Wallock; D. Walter Cohen, Wendy and Leonard Cooper; Rabbi Howard Gorin; Gittel and Alan Hilibrand; Marjorie and Jeffrey Major; Jeanette Lerman Neubauer and Joe Neubauer; Gayle and David Smith; and Harriet and Donald Young. Ever since Abraham’s famous argument with God, Judaism has been full of debate. Moses and Korah, David and Nathan, Hillel and Shammai, the Vilna Gaon and the Ba’al Shem Tov, Spinoza and the Amsterdam Rabbis . . . the list goes on. Jews debate justice, authority, inclusion, spirituality, resistance, evolution, Zionism, and more. No wonder that Judaism cherishes the expression machloket l’shem shamayim, “an argument for the sake of heaven.” In this concise but important survey, Rabbi Barry L. Schwartz presents the provocative and vibrant thesis that debate and disputation are not only encouraged within Judaism but reside at the very heart of Jewish history and theology. In his graceful, engaging, and creative prose, Schwartz presents an introduction to an intellectual history of Judaism through the art of argumentation. Beyond their historical importance, what makes these disputations so compelling is that nearly all of them, regardless of their epochs, are still being argued. Schwartz builds the case that the basis of Judaism is a series of unresolved rather than resolved arguments. Drawing on primary sources, and with a bit of poetic license, Schwartz reconstructs the real or imagined dialogue of ten great debates and then analyzes their significance and legacy. This parade of characters spanning three millennia of biblical, rabbinic, and modern disputation reflects the panorama of Jewish history with its monumental political, ethical, and spiritual challenges.
Great Debates in Jewish History
Great Debates in Jewish History - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Great Debates in Jewish History write by Rohr Jewish Learning Institute. This book was released on 2017. Great Debates in Jewish History available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Debate and disputation are not only encouraged within Judaism but reside at the very heart of Jewish history and theology. The Rohr Jewish Learning Institute (JLI) presents Great Debates in Jewish History, a six-session course exploring six fundamental conflicts that pit the greatest Jewish minds against each other--six instances of vastly divergent perspectives from throughout our history, including several that remain questions for us today. Discovering ver a stirring and surprising account of Judaism's intellectual history, from the ancient to the modern-day; as you relive epochs rich in narrative that provide fascinating context for six of the most monumental intellectual and theological debates in our history.
Great Jewish Debates and Dilemmas
Great Jewish Debates and Dilemmas - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Great Jewish Debates and Dilemmas write by Albert Vorspan. This book was released on 1980. Great Jewish Debates and Dilemmas available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Vorspan presents contemporary concerns of the total community, not just the Jewish community and asks that the moral values of Judaism be applied to them. age I2 and up.
Great Jewish debates and dilemmas
Great Jewish debates and dilemmas - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Great Jewish debates and dilemmas write by Albert Vorspan. This book was released on 1980. Great Jewish debates and dilemmas available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Contemporary Debates in American Reform Judaism
Contemporary Debates in American Reform Judaism - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Contemporary Debates in American Reform Judaism write by Dana Evan Kaplan. This book was released on 2013-01-11. Contemporary Debates in American Reform Judaism available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This is a ground breaking collection of essays that takes a hard look at the Reform Movement today. Opening essays look at the problem of building a religous community, the competition in the "spiritual marketplace," and why people join or do not join a Reform synagogue. Other contributors look at a host of controversial issues including Patrilineal Descent, Outreach, Intermarriage, gender issues, gay and lesbian participation, and others.
