Judaism, Human Values, and the Jewish State

Name: Judaism, Human Values, and the Jewish State
Price: 58.99 USD
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ISBN: 9780674487765

ISBN-10: 0674487761

ISBN-13: 9780674487765

Edition: 1992

Authors: Yeshayahu Leibowitz, Eliezer Goldman, Yoram Navon, Zvi Jacobson, Gershon Levi

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A biochemist by profession, a polymath by inclination and erudition, Yeshayahu Leibowitz has been, since the early 1940s, one of the most incisive and controversial critics of Israeli culture and politics. His direct involvement, compelling polemics, and trenchant criticism have established his steadfast significance for contemporary Israeli-and Jewish- intellectual life. These hard-hitting essays, his first to be published in English, cover the ground Leibowitz has marked out over time with moral rigor and political insight. He considers the essence and character of historical Judaism, the problems of contemporary Judaism and Jewishness, the relationship of Judaism to Christianity, the…

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List price: $48.00
Copyright year: 1992
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Publication date: 8/11/1995
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 326
Size: 5.98" wide x 8.94" long x 1.02" tall
Weight: 0.946
Language: English

Yeshayahu Leibowitz was head of the Biological Chemistry Department at the Hebrew University and Professor of Neurophysiology, Hebrew University Medical School.



Introduction




Faith



Religious Praxis: The Meaning of Halakhah



Of Prayer



The Reading of Shema



Fear of God in the Book of Job



Divine Governance: A Maimonidean View



Lishmah, and Not-Lishmah



The Uniqueness of the Jewish People



The Individual and Society in Judaism



Ahistorical Thinkers in Judaism



The Religious and Moral Significance of the Redemption of Israel



Redemption and the Dawn of Redemption



The Status of Women: Halakhah and Meta-Halakhah



Religion and Science in the Middle Ages and in the Modern Era



Religion, People, State



The Social Order as a Religious Problem



The Crisis of Religion in the State of Israel



A Call for the Separation of Religion and State



After Kibiyeh



Jewish Identity and Israeli Silence



The Jew in His Community, on His Land, and in the