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Anglický jazyk
Theological and Philosophical Premses of Judaism
Autor: Jacob Neusner
Classical Judaism imagined the people Israel's situation as unique
among the nations of the earth in three aspects. The nations lived
in unclean lands contaminated by corpses and redolent of death.
They were destined...
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Classical Judaism imagined the people Israel's situation as unique
among the nations of the earth in three aspects. The nations lived
in unclean lands contaminated by corpses and redolent of death.
They were destined to die without hope of renewed life after
the grave. They were prisoners of secular time, subject to the
movement and laws of history in its inexorable logic. Heaven did
not pay attention to what they did and did not care about their
conduct, so long as they observed the basic decencies mandated
by the commandments that applied to the heirs of Noah, seven
fundamental rules in all.
By contrast, the Israel contemplated by Rabbinic Judaism lives in
sacred space and in enchanted time, all the while subject to the
constant surveillance of an eye that sees all, an ear that hears all,
and a sentient being that recalls all. God yearned for Israel's love
and constantly contemplated its conduct. The world imagined by
the Rabbis situated Israel in an enchanted kingdom, a never-neverland,
and conceived of God as omniscient and ubiquitous.
Jacob Neusner is Distinguished Service Professor of History
and Theology of Judaism and Senior Fellow, Institute of Advanced
Theology at Bard College. Dr. Neusner is the author of numerous
articles and books on Rabbinical Judaism, has been awarded
nine honorary degrees, and holds fourteen academic medals and
prizes.
- Vydavateľstvo: Academic Studies Press
- Rok vydania: 2009
- Formát: Paperback
- Rozmer: 234 x 156 mm
- Jazyk: Anglický jazyk
- ISBN: 9781934843543
