Faith: Jewish Perspectives

Dov Schwartz; Avi Sagi

Published by Academic Studies Press 2013

Faith

Jewish Perspectives

Dov Schwartz and Avi Sagi

In the series Emunot: Jewish Philosophy and Kabbalah

https://doi.org/10.1515/9781618112835

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About this book

Faith: Jewish Perspectives explores important questions in both modern and premodern Jewish philosophy regarding the idea of faith. Is believing a voluntary action, or do believers find themselves within the experience of faith against their will? Can faith be understood through other means (psychological, epistemic, and so forth), or is it only comprehensible from the inside, that is, from within the religious world? Is a subjective experience of faith fundamentally communicative, meaning that it includes intelligible and transmittable universal elements, or is it a private experience that we can point to or talk about through indirect means (poetic, lyrical, and so forth), but never fully decipher? This book presents various manifestations of the concept of faith in Judaism as a tradition engaged in a dialogue with the outside world. It will function as an opening and an invitation to an ongoing conversation with faith.

Author information

Avi Sagi (Ph.D. Bar-Ilan University, 1988) is a Professor at Bar-Ilan University and Senior Research Fellow, Shalom Hartman Institute, Jerusalem. His recent books include Circles of Jewish Identity (with Zvi Zohar) (2000) and `Elu va Elu`: A Study on the Meaning of Halakhic Discourse (1996).

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	1
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	6
Introduction Avi Sagi and Dov Schwartz Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	8
1. Conceptual Analysis
Faith as Temptation Avi Sagi Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	12
On Non-Illusory Faith Eliezer Goldman Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	123
On Undermining the Beliefs of Others: Religion and the Ethics of Persuasion David Shatz Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	137
Religious Belief in a Postmodern Age Tamar Ross Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	188
Faith in the Face of Bereavement and Loss: Coping with the Question of Evil in the World Gili Zivan Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	241
2. Kabbalah and Hasidism
Faith, Rebellion, and Heresy in the Writings of Rabbi Azriel of Gerona Lawrence Kaplan Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	278
On the Essence of Faith in Hasidism: An Historical-Theoretical Perspective Ron Margolin Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	302
“Beyond Reason” On Faith in the Philosophy of Chabad Dov Schwartz Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	367
Faith and Song in the Poetry of Zelda: On the Mystical Elements in Zelda’s Ars Poetica and their Hasidic Origins Zvi Mark Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	384
3. Persons and Ideas
“My desire for the living God hath constrained me”: Belief as Unfulfilled Desire in the Writings of Rabbi Judah Halevi Dorit Lemberger Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	418
The Strengthening of Faith in Orthodox Discourse: A Reevaluation of Models of Faith Isaac Hershkowitz Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	457
Hillel Zeitlin in Search of God: An Analysis of Zeitlin’s Meditation “The Thirst” Shraga Bar-On Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	478
A Metamorphosis in the Perception of God in Bialik’s Poetry Tzahi Weiss Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	500
Dialogue and Faith: The Lonely Man of Faith Dov Schwartz Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	513
Unity and Fragmentation of the Self in Leibowitz’s Idea of Faith and their Repercussions: A Critical Perspective Ronny Miron Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	545
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	584

Language: English
Publisher: Academic Studies Press
Audience: Professional and scholarly;General/trade;
Pages
- Main content: 600

eBook

Published: September 15, 2013
ISBN: 9781618112835