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We are not alone : a Maimonidean theology of the other / Menachem Kellner.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: EmunotPublisher: Boston : Academic Studies Press, 2021Copyright date: ©2021Description: 1 online resource (xvii, 193 pages)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 1644696150
  • 9781644696149
  • 1644696142
  • 9781644696156
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: We are not aloneDDC classification:
  • 296.3/2 23
LOC classification:
  • B759.M34 K449 2021
Other classification:
  • online - EBSCO
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Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Preface -- 1. Jewish Voices Rejected; A Jewish Voice Affirmed -- 2. We Are Not Alone -- 3. Election/Chosen People -- 4. The Convert as the Most Jewish of Jews -- 5. Aher--Then, Now, and in the Future: Othering the Other in Judaism -- 6. Tolerance -- 7. Christianity -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index
Summary: "Maimonides' Guide of the Perplexed addressed Jews of his day who felt challenged by apparent contradictions between Torah and science. We Are Not Alone: A Maimonidean Theology of the Other uses Maimonides' writings to address Jews of today who are perplexed by apparent contradictions between the morality of the Torah and their conviction that all human beings are created in the image of God and are the object of divine concern, that other religions have value, that genocide is never justified, and that slavery is evil. Individuals who choose to emphasize the moral and universalist elements of Jewish tradition can often find support in positions explicitly held by Maimonides or implied by his teachings. We Are Not Alone offers an ethical and universalist vision of traditionalist Judaism"-- Provided by publisher.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

"Maimonides' Guide of the Perplexed addressed Jews of his day who felt challenged by apparent contradictions between Torah and science. We Are Not Alone: A Maimonidean Theology of the Other uses Maimonides' writings to address Jews of today who are perplexed by apparent contradictions between the morality of the Torah and their conviction that all human beings are created in the image of God and are the object of divine concern, that other religions have value, that genocide is never justified, and that slavery is evil. Individuals who choose to emphasize the moral and universalist elements of Jewish tradition can often find support in positions explicitly held by Maimonides or implied by his teachings. We Are Not Alone offers an ethical and universalist vision of traditionalist Judaism"-- Provided by publisher.

Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on June 18, 2021).

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Preface -- 1. Jewish Voices Rejected; A Jewish Voice Affirmed -- 2. We Are Not Alone -- 3. Election/Chosen People -- 4. The Convert as the Most Jewish of Jews -- 5. Aher--Then, Now, and in the Future: Othering the Other in Judaism -- 6. Tolerance -- 7. Christianity -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index