Kellner We Are Not Alone

A Maimonidean Theology of the Other
1. Auflage 2021
ISBN: 978-1-64469-615-6
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: 6 - ePub Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 212 Seiten

How should Jews see themselves and see others—as united by common humanity and purpose, or divided by something inherent? We Are Not Alone grounds a universalist vision of Judaism in texts and teachings of the tradition, especially those of Maimonides.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Kellner, Menachem

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Vergleichende Religionswissenschaft
• Geisteswissenschaften Jüdische Studien Jüdische Studien Jüdische Studien: Theologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Jüdische Studien Jüdische Studien Heilige & Traditionstexte: Torah, Talmud, Mischna, Halacha
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Religionsethik, Weltethos

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Table of ContentsAcknowledgementsPreface1. Jewish Voices Rejected; A Jewish Voice Affirmed
2. We Are Not Alone
3. Election/Chosen People
4. The Convert as the Most Jewish of Jews
5. Aher—then, Now, and in the Future: Othering the Other in Judaism
6. Tolerance
7. ChristianityConclusionBibliography

Über Autor(innen)

Kellner Menachem:

Menachem Kellner is Chair of Shalem College, Jerusalem’s Department of Jewish Thought and Philosophy and Wolfson Professor of Jewish Thought (emeritus) at the University of Haifa. He is the author, editor, or translator of two dozen books (including two published by Academic Studies Press) and close to two hundred articles in medieval and modern Jewish thought.Menachem Kellner is Chair of Shalem College, Jerusalem’s Department of Jewish Thought and Philosophy and Wolfson Professor of Jewish Thought (emeritus) at the University of Haifa. He is the author, editor, or translator of two dozen books (including two published by Academic Studies Press) and close to two hundred articles in medieval and modern Jewish thought.