Jewish Faith in a Changing World

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Academic Studies Press

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491_9781618112163

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Ever since the first encounter between Judaism and the western world in thesecond century BCE, Jewish thinkers like Maimonides, Gersonides, R. MosesHayyim Luzzatto, and Rabbi A. I. Kook have grappled with issues of Jewish faithand modernity. The works they published, which comprise Jewish classical philosophy, were products of the highest intellectual caliber, and no question of faith, no matter how embarrassing or heretical, was overlooked. In this bookRaphael Shuchat presents the reader with some of the main and timeless issuesof Jewish philosophy over the ages and updates them to twenty-first centurythinking, making each issue relevant for the modern reader. This book offers afresh intellectual outlook on the Jewish faith, and contains a timely messagefor all religionists and thinkers in the twenty-first century. It will be of great use to both students and laymen.

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