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Judaism's Great Debates [electronic resource] : Timeless Controversies from Abraham to Herzl.

By: Publication details: Lincoln : JPS, 2012.Description: 1 online resource (125 p.)ISBN:
  • 9780827609327 (electronic bk.)
  • 0827609329 (electronic bk.)
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Judaism's Great Debates : Timeless Controversies from Abraham to HerzlDDC classification:
  • 296.3
LOC classification:
  • BM157 .S39 2012
Online resources:
Contents:
Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Arguing forthe Sake of Heaven; Part One: Biblical Judaism; 1. Abraham and God: The FirstJewish Debate over Justice; 2. Moses and Korah: The Debateover Holiness and Authority; 3. The Five Daughters and the TwelveTribes: The Debate over Inclusion; 4. David and Nathan: The Debate overAccountability and Morality; Part Two: Rabbinic Judaism; 5. Ben Zakkai and the Zealots: TheDebate over Resistance; 6. Hillel and Shammai: The Debateover Jewish Law; 7. The Vilna Gaon and the Baal ShemTov: The Debate over Spirituality.
Part Three: Modern Jud aism8. Spinoza and the Amsterdam Rabbis:The Debate over Boundaries; 9. Geiger and Hirsch and Frankel: TheDebate over Evolution in Religion; 10. Herzl and Wise: The Debateover Zionism; Afterword; Notes; Room for Debate: Questions forReflection and Discussion; Further Debate: Recommended Reading.
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Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Arguing forthe Sake of Heaven; Part One: Biblical Judaism; 1. Abraham and God: The FirstJewish Debate over Justice; 2. Moses and Korah: The Debateover Holiness and Authority; 3. The Five Daughters and the TwelveTribes: The Debate over Inclusion; 4. David and Nathan: The Debate overAccountability and Morality; Part Two: Rabbinic Judaism; 5. Ben Zakkai and the Zealots: TheDebate over Resistance; 6. Hillel and Shammai: The Debateover Jewish Law; 7. The Vilna Gaon and the Baal ShemTov: The Debate over Spirituality.

Part Three: Modern Jud aism8. Spinoza and the Amsterdam Rabbis:The Debate over Boundaries; 9. Geiger and Hirsch and Frankel: TheDebate over Evolution in Religion; 10. Herzl and Wise: The Debateover Zionism; Afterword; Notes; Room for Debate: Questions forReflection and Discussion; Further Debate: Recommended Reading.

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