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The Cambridge Companion to Jewish Theology

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Steven Kepnes; David Novak; Marvin A. Sweeney; Moshe Halbertal; Reuven Kimelman; Daniel Rynhold; Daniel Frank; Adam Afterman; Tamar Ross; Jules Simon; Richard Cohen; Michael L. Morgan; Ronit Irshai; Alan Brill; Alon Goshen-Gottstein; Kenneth Seeskin; Cass Fisher; Samuel Fleischacker; Yehudah Gellman
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  • Date Published: December 2020
  • availability: Available
  • format: Paperback
  • isbn: 9781108401432

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  • The Cambridge Companion to Jewish Theology offers an overview of Jewish theology, an aspect of Judaism that is equal in importance to law and ethics. Covering the period from antiquity to the present, the volume focuses on what Jews believe about God and also about the relation of God to humans and the world. Parts I and II cover exciting new research in Jewish biblical and rabbinic theology, medieval philosophy, Kabbalah (mysticism), and liturgy. Parts III and IV turn to modern theology with an exploration of works by leading figures, such as Rabbi Abraham I. Kook, Franz Rosenzweig, and Emmanuel Levinas, as well as the relation of theology to issues such as feminism and the Holocaust, and the relation of Judaism to other world religions. In Part V, the book explores how the insights of analytic philosophy have been integrated with Jewish theology.

    • Provides an accessible overview of the history of Jewish Theology, from antiquity to the present
    • Uncovers exciting new research in Jewish biblical and rabbinic theology, medieval philosophy, Kabbalah (Mysticism), and Liturgy
    • Explores modern Jewish theology and contemporary issues including the Holocaust, Feminism and the relation of Judaism to other world religions
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    '[offers] the reader a clear picture of how Jewish theology addresses the central concerns practitioners of Judaism face ... a clear, expansive picture of Jewish theology as an ongoing response to the issues that arise concretely in the evolving lives of people who are connected not just by law and practice but by their understanding of God ... Recommended.' A. J. Avery-Peck, CHOICE

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    • Date Published: December 2020
    • format: Paperback
    • isbn: 9781108401432
    • length: 450 pages
    • dimensions: 150 x 230 x 30 mm
    • weight: 0.75kg
    • availability: Available
  • Table of Contents

    1. Introduction Steven Kepnes
    2. What is Jewish Theology? David Novak
    Part I. Biblical-Rabbinic:
    3. Jewish Biblical Theology Marvin A. Sweeney
    4. The God of the Rabbis Moshe Halbertal
    5. The Theology of the Daily Liturgy Reuven Kimelman
    Part II. Medieval:
    6. Maimonides' Theology Daniel Rynhold
    7. Law and Order: The Birth of a Nation and the Creation of the World Daniel Frank
    8. The Mystical Theology of Kabbalah: From God to Godhead Adam Afterman
    Part III. Modern:
    9. R. Kook: a This-worldly Mystic Tamar Ross
    10. Rosenzweig's Midrashic Speech-acts: From Hegel and German Nationalism to a Modern-day Ba'al Teshuvah Jules Simon
    11. Levinas's Theological Ethics Richard Cohen
    Part IV. Contemporary Issues:
    12. The Holocaust and Jewish Theology Michael L. Morgan
    13. Theology and Halakhah in Jewish Feminisms Ronit Irshai
    14. Jewish Models of Revelation Alan Brill
    15. Jewish Theology of Religions Alon Goshen-gottstein
    Part V. Analytic Philosophy and Theology:
    16. Can There be a Positive Theology? Kenneth Seeskin
    17. Theological Realism and its Alternatives in Contemporary Jewish Theology Cass Fisher
    18. A Defense of Verbal Revelation: Words of the Living God Samuel Fleischacker
    19. A Constructive Jewish Theology of God and Perfect Goodness Yehudah Gellman.

  • Editor

    Steven Kepnes, Colgate University, New York
    Steven Kepnes is Professor of Religion and Jewish Studies at Colgate University. He is the author of The Future of Jewish Theology and Jewish Liturgical Reasoning (2007).

    Contributors

    Steven Kepnes; David Novak; Marvin A. Sweeney; Moshe Halbertal; Reuven Kimelman; Daniel Rynhold; Daniel Frank; Adam Afterman; Tamar Ross; Jules Simon; Richard Cohen; Michael L. Morgan; Ronit Irshai; Alan Brill; Alon Goshen-Gottstein; Kenneth Seeskin; Cass Fisher; Samuel Fleischacker; Yehudah Gellman

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