Every Person's Guide to Jewish Philosophy and Philosophers,9780765760173

Every Person's Guide to Jewish Philosophy and Philosophers

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ISBN13: 9780765760173
ISBN10: 0765760177
Format: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 1999-06-30
Publisher(s): Jason Aronson, Inc.
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Summary

This book provides the reader with an introduction to important philosophical ideas of Jewish philosophers throughout history.

Table of Contents

Preface xix
Introduction to Jewish Philosophy
1(6)
Biblical and Rabbinic Antecedents
2(2)
Rabbinic Literature
4(3)
Spiritual Monotheism and Philo Judaeus
7(10)
The Beginning of Jewish Philosophy
7(2)
Philo Judaeus: The Father of Medieval Philosophy
9(1)
God's Existence
10(1)
God's Essence
10(1)
God's Name
11(1)
God's Oneness
11(1)
God's Communication with People
12(1)
God's Relation to the Word---Philo's Logos
12(1)
The Problem of Evil
13(1)
Man as a Moral Being
14(1)
In Summation
15(2)
Medieval Jewish Philosophy
17(4)
Mutazilite Kalam
18(1)
Neoplatonism
18(1)
Aristotelianism
19(1)
Critics of Aristotelianism
19(2)
Saadia Gaon: The First Philosopher of the Middle Ages
21(6)
Background
21(1)
Saadia the Halakhist
22(1)
Philosophy
23(1)
Theory of the World
23(1)
Nature of God
24(1)
Mitzvot
25(1)
The Nature of Man
25(1)
Saadia as Liturgist
26(1)
In Summation
26(1)
Neoplatonism: Solomon Ibn Gabirol
27(6)
Background
27(1)
Philosophy
28(1)
Ethics
29(1)
Poetry
30(1)
In Summation
31(2)
Bachya Ibn Pakuda
33(4)
Background
33(1)
Duties of the Heart
33(2)
Man's Soul and the Commandments
35(1)
Worship of the Divine
35(1)
In Summation
36(1)
Judah Halevi: Poet-Philosopher Extraordinaire
37(6)
Background
37(1)
The Kuzari
38(2)
Prophecy
40(1)
Criticism of Christianity and Islam
40(1)
Halevi's Concept of ``Divine Influence''
41(1)
Halevi's Poems
41(1)
In Summation
42(1)
Aristotelianism: Abraham Ben David Halevi Ibn Daud
43(4)
Background
43(1)
Philosophy
44(1)
God
44(1)
The Soul, Prophecy and Free Will
45(1)
In Summation
46(1)
The Neo-Aristotelianism of Moses Maimonides
47(14)
The Man and His Culture
47(2)
God in Maimonides' Principles of Faith
49(5)
Proofs of the Existence of God
54(1)
Maimonides' Negative Theology
55(1)
Origin of Evil
56(1)
Purpose of the Divine Commandments
56(1)
Educational Philosophy
57(2)
In Summation
59(2)
Moses Ben Nachman (Nachmonides)
61(6)
Background
61(1)
Biblical Commentary and Philosophy
62(1)
Nachmonides as Halakhist
63(1)
In Summation
64(3)
Levi Ben Gershom
67(6)
Background
67(1)
Biblical Commentaries
67(1)
Philosophy
68(1)
God's Omniscience
68(2)
God's Providence
70(1)
Creation of the World and Miracles
70(2)
Eschatology
72(1)
In Summation
72(1)
Critics of Aristotelianism: Hasdai Crescas
73(7)
Background
73(1)
Or Adonai
74(2)
Philosophy
76(1)
God, Soul, and the Messiah
76(1)
In Summation
77(3)
Joseph Albo
80(3)
Background
80(1)
Book of Principles
80(1)
Albo's Concept of Divine Law
81(1)
In Summation
82(1)
Isaac Abrabanel
83(8)
Background
83(1)
Abrabanel as Author and Commentator
84(1)
Abrabanel as Critical Biblical Interpreter
84(1)
Abrabanel as Philosopher
85(1)
Abrabanel as Apologete
86(1)
Abrabanel's Understanding of History
87(1)
Eschatology
88(1)
In Summation
88(3)
Mysticism and Isaac Luria
91(8)
Background
91(2)
Luria's Kabbalistic God
93(1)
Luria's Three Stages of Creation
94(2)
Luria's Five Souls
96(1)
In Summation
97(2)
Pantheism and Baruch Spinoza
99(8)
Background
99(1)
Spinoza's Philosophy
100(1)
God's Nature
100(2)
Body and Mind
102(1)
Knowledge
102(1)
Man's Freedom
102(1)
Political Theory
103(1)
Spinoza as Bible Commentator
104(1)
In Summation
104(3)
Moses Mendelssohn
107(6)
Background
107(1)
Philosophy of Religion
108(1)
God's Existence
109(1)
Immortality of the Soul
109(1)
Man's Freedom of Choice
110(1)
Civil Rights
110(1)
Mendelssohn on Judaism
111(1)
Attitude toward Christianity
111(1)
In Summation
112(1)
Samuel David Luzzatto
113(4)
Background
113(1)
Attitudes toward Judaism
114(1)
Philosophy
115(1)
In Summation
116(1)
Neo-Orthodoxy and Samson Raphael Hirsch
117(6)
Background
117(1)
Attitude toward Reform
118(1)
Jewish Education
119(1)
Hirsch's Conception of Judaism
119(1)
Hirsch's View of the Commandments
120(1)
Bible Translation
121(1)
The Jewish People
121(1)
In Summation
122(1)
Reform Judaism and Abraham Geiger
123(4)
Background
123(1)
Philosophy
124(1)
Geiger's Writings
125(1)
In Summation
125(2)
Israel Salanter
127(4)
Background
127(1)
Ethical Ideas
128(1)
In Summation
129(2)
Zechariah Frankel
131(4)
Background
131(1)
Religious Outlook
131(1)
Writings
132(1)
In Summation
133(2)
The Neo-Kantianism of Hermann Cohen
135(6)
Background
135(1)
Cohen's Philosophic System
136(1)
Ethics and the Idea of God
136(1)
Cohen's Revolutionary New God Idea
137(1)
Correlation between God and Man
138(1)
God's Commandments
138(1)
In Summation
139(2)
Solomon Schechter
141(4)
Background
141(1)
Catholic Israel
142(1)
Theology
143(1)
Sin as Rebellion
143(1)
In Summation
144(1)
Abraham Isaac Kook
145(4)
Background
145(1)
Kook's Mysticism
146(1)
Social Philosophy
146(1)
Current Challenges to Religion
147(1)
The Jews as Chosen People
147(1)
In Summation
148(1)
Leo Baeck
149(4)
Background
149(1)
Nature of God
150(1)
Mysteries and Commandments
150(1)
Essence of Judaism
151(1)
Good and Evil
151(1)
Christianity and Zionism
152(1)
In Summation
152(1)
Franz Rosenzweig
153(6)
Background
153(2)
Star of Redemption
155(2)
Man, the Universe, and God
155(1)
Revelation of God
155(1)
Search for the Kingdom of God
156(1)
In Summation
157(2)
Martin Buber and His Dialogical Philosophy
159(12)
The Man and His Culture
159(1)
Hasidut
160(2)
Haskalah
162(1)
Secular Intellectualism
163(1)
I and Thou
164(2)
Between Man and Nature
166(1)
Between Man and Man
166(1)
God, the Eternal Thou
167(1)
Buber and Evil
168(1)
Buber and Humanistic Education
168(2)
In Summation
170(1)
Mordecai Kaplan: Judaism as a Civilization
171(6)
Background
171(1)
Judaism as a Civilization
172(1)
Kaplan's Naturalism
173(1)
Implications of Kaplan's Theology
174(1)
In Summation
175(2)
Milton Steinberg
177(4)
Background
177(1)
God and Faith
178(1)
Evil
178(1)
Prayer
179(1)
Jewish Religion
179(1)
In Summation
180(1)
Menachem Mendel Schneersohn
181(6)
Background
181(1)
Jewish Unity
182(1)
Body and Soul
183(1)
The Holocaust
183(1)
Israel
184(1)
Education
184(1)
Separation of Church and State
184(1)
In Summation
185(2)
Joseph B. Soloveitchick
187(6)
Background
187(1)
General Philosophy
188(1)
Theology of Loneliness and the Split in Human Nature
189(1)
Human Relationship to God
190(1)
In Summation
190(3)
Humanism and Eric Fromm
193(4)
Background
193(1)
Two Types of Religion
194(1)
God: The Highest Value
195(1)
Imitation of God
195(1)
In Summation
196(1)
Radical Amazement and Abraham Joshua Heschel
197(8)
Background
197(1)
Philosophy of Religion
198(1)
Heschel's Philosophy
199(1)
The Meaning of Being Human
200(1)
Ways to God
200(2)
Heschel and Medieval Jewish Philosophy
202(1)
In Summation
202(3)
Theology after the Holocaust
205(4)
Moral Theories
205(1)
Metaphysical Theories
206(1)
Evil Is Temporary
206(1)
Evil Is Inscrutable
206(1)
Theodicy: Theologians' Responses to Evil in the World
207(2)
Richard Rubenstein
209(4)
Background
209(1)
``Death of God'' Theology
209(2)
Psychoanalytic Interpretation of Judaism
211(1)
In Summation
212(1)
Eliezer Berkovits
213(4)
Background
213(1)
Responses to Suffering
214(1)
Zionism
215(1)
In Summation
216(1)
Ignaz Maybaum
217(4)
Background
217(1)
Response to Jewish Suffering
217(2)
In Summation
219(2)
Emil Fackenheim
221(4)
Background
221(1)
Philosophy
221(1)
Jewish History: ``Root Experiences'' and ``Epoch-making Events''
222(2)
In Summation
224(1)
Philosophies of Four Branches of Judaism: Orthodox, Reform, Conservative, and Reconstructionist
225(20)
Orthodox Judaism
226(3)
Background
226(2)
Basic Jewish Philosophy and Beliefs
228(1)
God
228(1)
Torah and Revelation
228(1)
The Jewish People and the Land of Israel
229(1)
Reform Judaism
229(6)
Background
229(3)
Basic Jewish Philosophy and Beliefs
232(1)
God
232(1)
Torah
233(1)
Mitzvot
233(1)
The Jewish People
234(1)
In Summation
235(1)
Conservative Judaism
235(6)
Background
235(2)
Basic Jewish Philosophy and Beliefs
237(1)
God
237(1)
Revelation
237(1)
Halachah---Jewish Law
238(1)
The Jewish People and God's Election of Israel
239(1)
The State of Israel and the Role of Religion
239(1)
Social Justice
240(1)
The Ideal Conservative Jew
240(1)
Reconstructionist Judaism
241(4)
Background
241(1)
Basic Jewish Philosophy and Beliefs
242(1)
God
242(1)
Torah
242(1)
The Jewish People
243(1)
The Land of Israel
243(1)
Social Action
244(1)
In Summation
244(1)
Glossary of Philosophic Terms 245(16)
Further Reading 261(2)
Index 263

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