Jewish Faith in a Changing World : A Modern Introduction to the World and Ideas of Classical Jewish Philosophy

Name: Jewish Faith in a Changing World : A Modern Introduction to the World and Ideas of Classical Jewish Philosophy
Brand: Academic Studies Press

Academic Studies Press

Jewish Faith in a Changing WorldA Modern Introduction to the World and Ideas of Classical Jewish Philosophy\nAuthor(s): Raphael Shuchat\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Academic Studies Press, United States\nImprint: Academic Studies Press\nISBN-13: 9781618112163, 978-1618112163\nSynopsis\nEver since the first encounter between Judaism and the western world in the second century BCE, Jewish thinkers like Maimonides, Gersonides, R. Moses Hayyim Luzzatto, and Rabbi A. I. Kook have grappled with issues of Jewish faith and modernity. The works they published, which comprise Jewish classical philosophy, were products of the highest intellectual caliber, and no question of faith, no matter how embarrassing or heretical, was overlooked. In this book Raphael Shuchat presents the reader with some of the main and timeless issues of Jewish philosophy over the ages and updates them to twenty-first century thinking, making each issue relevant for the modern reader. This book offers a fresh intellec.