20th Century Jewish Religious Thought

Arthur A. Cohen, Paul Mendes-Flohr

U of Nebraska Press, Jan 1, 2010 - Social Science - 1200 pages

JPS is proud to reissue Cohen and Mendes-Flohr?s classic work, perhaps the most important, comprehensive anthology available on 20th century Jewish thought. This outstanding volume presents 140 concise yet authoritative essays by renowned Jewish figures Eugene Borowitz, Emil Fackenheim, Blu Greenberg, Susannah Heschel, Jacob Neusner, Gershom Scholem, Adin Steinsaltz, and many others. They define and reflect upon such central ideas as charity, chosen people, death, family, love, myth, suffering, Torah, tradition and more. With entries from Aesthetics to Zionism, this book provides striking insights into both the Jewish experience and the Judeo-Christian tradition.

Contents

• Aesthetics Steven S Schwarzschild: 1
• Aggadah David Stern: 7
• AntiJudaism and AntiSemitism Hyam Maccoby: 13
• Apocalypse Nahum N Glatzer: 19
• Atheism Gershon Weiler: 23
• Authority Stephen Wald: 29
• Bible Criticism Moshe Weinfeld: 35
• Catastrophe Alan Mintz: 41
• Charity David Hartman and Tzvi Marx: 47
• Chosen People Henri Atlan: 55
• Christianity David Flusser: 61
• Commandments Yeshayahu Leibowitz: 67
• Community Everett E Gendler: 81
• Conscience Steven S Schwarzschild: 87
• Conservative Judaism Gerson D Cohen: 91
• Convert and Conversion Jochanan H A Wijnhoven: 101
• Covenant Arnold Eisen: 107
• Creation Alon GoshenGottstein: 113
• Culture Paul MendesFlohr: 119
• Death Henry Abramovitch: 131
• Destiny and Fate Albert H Friedlander: 137
• Dogma Menachem Kellner: 141
• Ecumenism Geoffrey Wigoder: 147
• Education Janet Aviad: 155
• Emancipation Paula E Hyman: 165
• Enlightenment Robert M Seltzer: 171
• Sex and Body David Biale: 177
• Eschatology Arthur A Cohen: 183
• Eternity and Time David Ellenson: 189
• Ethics Shalom Rosenberg: 195
• Evil Richard L Rubenstein: 203
• Exegesis Moshe Greenberg: 211
• Exile Arnold Eisen: 219
• Existence Richard L Rubenstein: 227
• Faith Louis Jacobs: 233
• Family David Biale: 239
• Fear of God Byron L Sherwin: 245
• Feminism Susannah Heschel: 255
• Freedom Eugene B Borowitz: 261
• Free Will David Winston: 269
• Gesture and Symbol Josef Stern: 275
• Gnosis Gedaliahu G Stroumsa: 285
• God Louis Jacobs: 291
• Grace or LovingKindness Warren Zev Harvey: 299
• Guilt Jacob A Arlow: 305
• Halakhah David B Hartman: 309
• Hasidism Arthur Green: 317
• Hebrew Lewis Glinert: 325
• Hellenism David Satran: 331
• Heresy Zeev Gries: 339
• Hermeneutics Michael Fishbane: 353
• Heroism Yeshayahu Leibowitz: 363
• History Paul MendesFlohr: 371
• Holiness Allen Grossman: 389
• Holocaust Emil L Fackenheim: 399
• Holy Spirit Aaron Singer: 409
• Hope Charles Elliott Vernoff: 417
• Humanism Ernst Akiva Simon: 423
• Humility Bernard Steinberg: 429
• I and Thou Maurice Friedman: 435
• Idolatry Yeshayahu Leibowitz: 445
• Imagination Geoffrey H Hartman: 451
• Imago Dei Joseph Dan: 473
• Immortality Allan Arkush: 479
• Individuality Peter Ochs: 483
• Islam Nissim Rejwan: 487
• Jerusalem Shemaryahu Talmon: 495
• Judaism Gershom Scholem: 505
• Jurisprudence Zeev W Falk: 509
• Justice Haim H Cohn: 515
• Kingdom of God Warren Zev Harvey: 521
• Kingdom of Priests Daniel R Schwartz: 527
• Land of Israel Eliezer Schweid: 535
• Language Josef Stern: 543
• Liturgy Eric L Friedland: 553
• Love Steven Harvey: 557
• Meaning Jack D Spiro: 565
• Medieval Jewish Philosophy Jacob B Agus: 573
• Memory David G Roskies: 581
• Mentsh Moshe Waldoks: 587
• Mercy David R Blumenthal: 589
• Messianism R J Zwi Werblowsky: 597
• Metaphysics Alan Udoff: 603
• Midrash David Stern: 613
• Miracle Allan Arkush: 621
• Mizveh Moshe Waldoks: 627
• Modern Jewish Philosophy Steven S Schwarzschild: 629
• Music Moshe Idel: 635
• Mysticism Moshe Idel: 643
• Myth Galit HasanRokem: 657
• Natural Law Jeffrey Macy: 663
• Oral Law Jacob Neusner: 673
• Orthodox Judaism Emmanuel Rackman: 679
• Peace Aviezer Ravitzky: 685
• People of Israel Alon GoshenGottstein: 703
• Political Theory Ella Belfer and Ilan Greilsammer: 715
• Prayer Michael Fishbane: 723
• Prophecy Peter S Zaas: 731
• Providence Hillel Levine: 735
• Rabbi and Teacher David B Ruderman: 741
• Reason Eugene Borowitz: 749
• Reconstructionism Harold Schulweis: 755
• Redemption Arthur A Cohen: 761
• Reform Judaism Michael A Meyer: 767
• Religion and State Aharon Lichtenstein: 773
• Remnant of Israel Nahum N Glatzer: 779
• Repentance Ehud Luz: 785
• Rest Arthur Waskow: 795
• Resurrection of the Dead Arthur A Cohen: 807
• Revelation Shalom Rosenberg: 815
• Reward and Punishment Ephraim Rottenberg: 827
• Righteousness Joshua O Haberman: 833
• Sacred Text and Canon David Stern: 841
• Sanctification of the Name Hyam Maccoby: 849
• Science Hillel Levine: 855
• Secularism Ben Halpern: 863
• Sermon Marc Saperstein: 867
• Silence André Neher: 873
• Sin Adin Steinsalz: 881
• Soul Rachel Elior: 887
• Soul Searching Adin Steinsaltz: 897
• Spirituality Arthur Green: 903
• State of Israel Michael Rosenak: 909
• Stranger Joseph Levi: 917
• Study Aharon Lichtenstein: 931
• Suffering David Hartman: 939
• Survival Yossi Klein Halevi: 947
• Talmud Adin Steinsalz: 953
• Theodicy Byron L Sherwin: 959
• Theology Arthur A Cohen: 971
• Time William E Kaufman: 981
• Tolerance Alan Udoff: 987
• Torah James L Kugel: 995
• Tradition Nathan Rotenstreich: 1007
• Truth Peter Ochs: 1017
• Unity Charles Elliott Vernoff: 1025
• Utopia Lionel Kochan: 1033
• Women and Judaism Blu Greenberg: 1039
• Work Avraham Shapira: 1055
• Zionism Ben Halpern: 1069
• Glossary: 1077
• List of Abbreviations: 1097
• List of Contributors: 1101
• Index: 1117

About the author

Arthur A. Cohen was the author of Martin Buber (1959), The Natural and the Supernatural Jew: An Historical and Theological Introduction (1962), The Myth of the Judeo-Christian Tradition (1970), and The Tremendum: A Theological Interpretation of the Holocaust (1981). He also edited the theological writings of Milton Steinberg. An acclaimed novelist, his Artists and Enemies was published posthumously in October 1986. řPaul Mendes-Flohr is Professor of Modern Jewish Thought at the Divinity School of the University of Chicago. He is the editor of a series on German-Jewish literature and cultural history for the University of Chicago Press, and he co-edited one of the seminal works of Jewish studies: The Jew in the Modern World: A Documentary History (1980). He received his Ph.D. from Brandeis University and has taught at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

Bibliographic information

• Title: 20th Century Jewish Religious Thought; UPCC book collections on Project MUSE
• Editors: Arthur A. Cohen, Paul Mendes-Flohr
• Edition: revised
• Publisher: U of Nebraska Press, 2010
• ISBN: 082760971X, 9780827609716
• Length: 1200 pages
• Subjects: Literary Collections / General; Religion / Judaism / General; Social Science / Jewish Studies