TY - BOOK AU - Shatz,David TI - Jewish Thought in Dialogue: Essays on Thinkers, Theologies and Moral Theories T2 - Judaism and Jewish Life SN - 9781934843420 PY - 2010///] CY - Boston, MA : PB - Academic Studies Press, KW - PHILOSOPHY / Religious KW - bisacsh N1 - Frontmatter --; SOURCES AND CREDITS --; CONTENTS --; Introduction --; ESSAYS IN INTERPRETATION --; THEOLOGY, METAPHYSICS AND ETHICS --; CONCLUDING REFLECTIONS ON RELIGIOUS BELIEF --; Index of Biblical and Rabbinic Sources --; Index of Topics and Names --; DAVID SHATZ - the author; restricted access N2 - This carefully crafted collection of essays, Jewish Thought in Dialogue, offers creative interpretations of major Jewish texts and as well as original treatments of significant issues in Jewish theology and ethics. The collection includes philosophical readings of biblical narratives, analyses of topics in the thought of Maimonides, Rabbi Abraham Isaac Kook and Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik, and critical and constructive examinations of divine providence, religious anthropology, free will, 9/11, evil, Halakhah and morality, altruism, autonomy in Jewish medical ethics, and the epistemology of religious belief. The author frequently brings Jewish philosophy and law into dialogue with contemporary Anglo-American philosophy. The book serves scholars and students of Jewish philosophy and law and is suitable for inclusion in syllabi of undergraduate and graduate courses UR - https://doi.org/10.1515/9781618110930 UR - https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781618110930 UR - https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9781618110930/original ER -