The Essential Agus : The Writings of Jacob B. Agus

The Essential Agus The Writings of Jacob B. Agus

Rabbi Jacob Agus' (1911-1986) intellectual production spanned nearly a half century and covered an enormous historical and conceptual range, from the biblical to the modern era. Best known as an important Jewish scholar, he also held important rabbinic, teaching, and public positions. Although...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Katz, Steven T., author (author)
Otros Autores: Katz, Steven T., 1944- (-)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York, NY : New York University Press [1997]
Materias:
Agus, Jacob B. > (Jacob Bernard), > 1911-1986.
Jewish philosophy.
Judaism.
Electronic books.
Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009430339106719
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • PREFACE
  • SELECTORS
  • 1. JACOB B. AGUS — AN INTRODUCTORY OVERVIEW
  • SELECTIONS
  • 2. THE IDEAL PERSONALITY
  • 3. CONTEMPORARY ISSUES
  • 4. NEO-MAIMONISM
  • SELECTIONS AND PREFATORY REMARKS
  • 5. THE COMMON CORE OF MODERN JEWISH PHILOSOPHY
  • 6. THE NEARNESS OF GOD
  • 7. RAV KUK, AN APPRECIATION
  • SELECTIONS AND PREFATORY R E M A R K S
  • 8. THE RISE OF JEWISH RATIONALISM
  • 9. THE QABBALAH
  • SELECTIONS AND PREFATORY REMARKS
  • 10. JUDAISM AND THE NEW TESTAMENT
  • 11. PERSPECTIVES FOR THE STUDY OF THE BOOK OF ACTS
  • 12. A NEW KIND OF CHRISTIAN-JEWISH DISPUTATION
  • SELECTIONS AND PREFATORY REMARKS
  • 13. WHO WE ARE
  • 14. ASSIMILATION, INTEGRATION, SEGREGATION: THE ROAD TO THE FUTURE
  • 15. JEWISH SELF-IMAGE IN THE POSTWAR WORLD
  • SELECTION AND PREFATORY REMARKS
  • 16. THE IDEA OF GOD
  • SELECTIONS AND PREFATORY REMARKS
  • 17. EPILOGUE TO THE EVOLUTION OF JEWISH THOUGHT
  • 18. THE CONCEPT OF ISRAEL
  • SELECTIONS AND PREFATORY REMARKS
  • 19. REEVALUATION OF THE " R E S P O N S U M O N THE SABBATH"
  • 20. BIRTH CONTROL: A DISSENT
  • 21. LAW IN CONSERVATIVE JUDAISM
  • 22. A THEOLOGICAL FOUNDATION FOR THE HALACHAH
  • SELECTION AND PREFATORY REMARKS
  • 23. THE CONSERVATIVE MOVEMENT
  • SELECTIONS AND PREFATORY REMARKS
  • 24. RELIGION AND NATIONALISM
  • 25. THE COVENANT CONCEPT - PARTICULARISTIC, PLURALISTIC, OR FUTURISTIC?
  • BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE WORKS OF JACOB B. AGUS

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