Goshen-Gottstein Judaism’s Challenge

Election, Divine Love, and Human Enmity
1. Auflage 2020
ISBN: 978-1-64469-373-5
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 238 Seiten

Reihe: Jewish Thought, Jewish History: New Studies

This book highlights the challenges that face Judaism, captured by the dual implication of election: divine love and enmity with others. This challenge takes on great urgency in the context of advances in interfaith relations and a contemporary Jewish theology of world religions.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Goshen-Gottstein, Alon

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Vergleichende Religionswissenschaft
• Geisteswissenschaften Jüdische Studien Jüdische Studien Jüdische Studien: Theologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Religion & Politik, Religionsfreiheit
• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Christentum/Christliche Theologie Allgemein Ökumenik, Konfessionskunde

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Table of ContentsIntroductionThe Election and Sanctity of Israel in the Hebrew Bible
Israel KnohlA Kingdom of Priests and a Holy Nation
Alon Goshen-GottsteinIsrael as Blessing: Theological Horizons
Eugene KornJewish Chosenness—A Contemporary Approach
Jerome GellmanAleinu—a Prayer Common to Jews and Gentile God-Fearers
Menahem KatzTwo Dimensions of Jewish Identity
Stanislaw KrajewskiImages of the Non-Jew in the Kedushat Levi: A Textual and Theological Exploration
Or RoseIsrael’s Election and the Suffering of the Holocaust
Gershon GreenbergIsrael’s Election and the Moral Dilemma of Amalek and the Seven Nations of Canaan
Reuven KimelmanFrom Enmity to Unity—Recovering the Ba’al Shem Tov’s Teachings on Non-Jews
Menachem KallusConclusion: Judaism’s Challenge—Being Israel in Changing CircumstancesNotes on Contributors

Über Autor(innen)

Goshen-Gottstein Alon:
Rabbi Dr. Alon Goshen-Gottstein is acknowledged as one of the world’s leading figures in interreligious dialogue. He is founder and director of the Elijah Interfaith Institute since 1997. His work bridges the theological and academic dimension with a variety of practical initiatives, especially involving world religious leadership. His academic work is divided between contributions to early rabbinic thought, Jewish spirituality, interfaith theory and Jewish theology of religions. He has held academic posts at Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Tel Aviv University, and has served as director of the Center for the Study of Rabbinic Thought, Beit Morasha College, Jerusalem. The present volume continues his ground-breaking work in the field of Jewish theology of religions.Rabbi Dr. Alon Goshen-Gottstein is acknowledged as one of the world’s leading figures in interreligious dialogue. He is founder and director of the Elijah Interfaith Institute since 1997. His work bridges the theological and academic dimension with a variety of practical initiatives, especially involving world religious leadership. His academic work is divided between contributions to early rabbinic thought, Jewish spirituality, interfaith theory and Jewish theology of religions. He has held academic posts at Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Tel Aviv University, and has served as director of the Center for the Study of Rabbinic Thought, Beit Morasha College, Jerusalem. The present volume continues his ground-breaking work in the field of Jewish theology of religions.