Every Person's Guide to Jewish Philosophy and Philosophers

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ISBN: 9780765760173 | 0765760177
Cover: Hardcover
Copyright: 6/30/1999

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

Preface

xix

Introduction to Jewish Philosophy

(6)

Biblical and Rabbinic Antecedents

(2)

Rabbinic Literature

(3)

Spiritual Monotheism and Philo Judaeus

(10)

The Beginning of Jewish Philosophy

(2)

Philo Judaeus: The Father of Medieval Philosophy

(1)

God's Existence

(1)

God's Essence

(1)

God's Name

(1)

God's Oneness

(1)

God's Communication with People

(1)

God's Relation to the Word---Philo's Logos

(1)

The Problem of Evil

(1)

Man as a Moral Being

(1)

In Summation

(2)

Medieval Jewish Philosophy

(4)

Mutazilite Kalam

(1)

Neoplatonism

(1)

Aristotelianism

(1)

Critics of Aristotelianism

(2)

Saadia Gaon: The First Philosopher of the Middle Ages

(6)

Background

(1)

Saadia the Halakhist

(1)

Philosophy

(1)

Theory of the World

(1)

Nature of God

(1)

Mitzvot

(1)

The Nature of Man

(1)

Saadia as Liturgist

(1)

In Summation

(1)

Neoplatonism: Solomon Ibn Gabirol

(6)

Background

(1)

Philosophy

(1)

Ethics

(1)

Poetry

(1)

In Summation

(2)

Bachya Ibn Pakuda

(4)

Background

(1)

Duties of the Heart

(2)

Man's Soul and the Commandments

(1)

Worship of the Divine

(1)

In Summation

(1)

Judah Halevi: Poet-Philosopher Extraordinaire

(6)

Background

(1)

The Kuzari

(2)

Prophecy

(1)

Criticism of Christianity and Islam

(1)

Halevi's Concept of ``Divine Influence''

(1)

Halevi's Poems

(1)

In Summation

(1)

Aristotelianism: Abraham Ben David Halevi Ibn Daud

(4)

Background

(1)

Philosophy

(1)

God

(1)

The Soul, Prophecy and Free Will

(1)

In Summation

(1)

The Neo-Aristotelianism of Moses Maimonides

(14)

The Man and His Culture

(2)

God in Maimonides' Principles of Faith

(5)

Proofs of the Existence of God

(1)

Maimonides' Negative Theology

(1)

Origin of Evil

(1)

Purpose of the Divine Commandments

(1)

Educational Philosophy

(2)

In Summation

(2)

Moses Ben Nachman (Nachmonides)

(6)

Background

(1)

Biblical Commentary and Philosophy

(1)

Nachmonides as Halakhist

(1)

In Summation

(3)

Levi Ben Gershom

(6)

Background

(1)

Biblical Commentaries

(1)

Philosophy

(1)

God's Omniscience

(2)

God's Providence

(1)

Creation of the World and Miracles

(2)

Eschatology

(1)

In Summation

(1)

Critics of Aristotelianism: Hasdai Crescas

(7)

Background

(1)

Or Adonai

(2)

Philosophy

(1)

God, Soul, and the Messiah

(1)

In Summation

(3)

Joseph Albo

(3)

Background

(1)

Book of Principles

(1)

Albo's Concept of Divine Law

(1)

In Summation

(1)

Isaac Abrabanel

(8)

Background

(1)

Abrabanel as Author and Commentator

(1)

Abrabanel as Critical Biblical Interpreter

(1)

Abrabanel as Philosopher

(1)

Abrabanel as Apologete

(1)

Abrabanel's Understanding of History

(1)

Eschatology

(1)

In Summation

(3)

Mysticism and Isaac Luria

(8)

Background

(2)

Luria's Kabbalistic God

(1)

Luria's Three Stages of Creation

(2)

Luria's Five Souls

(1)

In Summation

(2)

Pantheism and Baruch Spinoza

(8)

Background

(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)

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Every Person's Guide to Jewish Philosophy and Philosophers

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