Israelis and the Jewish Tradition: An Ancient People Debating Its Future (The Terry Lectures Series) (0300083785) - Reviews and Prices
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Israelis and the Jewish Tradition: An Ancient People Debating Its Future (The Terry Lectures Series) (0300083785) - Reviews and Prices
In this powerful book one of the most important contemporary Jewish thinkers grapples with issues that increasingly divide Israel's secular Jewish community from its religious Zionists. Deeply committed to religious pluralism, David Hartman offers a new understanding of what it means to be Jewish--one that enables different Jewish groups to celebrate their own traditions without demonizing or patronizing others.The Terry Lectures
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Avg. Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0
stronger early on, fuzzy at the end:
This book is a not-very-well connected series of lectures in book form. The first and most readable section discusses the four major ideologies in Israel: religious anti-Zionism (which views Zionism as theologically meaningless, if not harmful), religious Zionism (which tends to view the state of Israel as the first step towards messianic redemption), secular Zionism (which views Zionism as an important means of preserving Jewish identity, but isn't so interested in religion) and secular post-Zionism... more info
A courageous thinker:
Rabbi David Hartman is a courageous thinker who dares to look honestly at the problems facing the Jewish people today, and to attempt real and innovative answers to them. He is also a distinguished Jewish thinker and scholar as is made evident in this work in his writing on the 'Kuzari' and on the Rambam. It is not necessary to agree with all that he has to say, but there is value in listening and thinking carefully to what this most engaged Jewish thinker has to say.
Romantic and Rational Judaism:
David Hartman has applied his considerable intellectual talent to 1) articulate a problem facing contemporary Israel (and much of the Jewish people), 2) explore two medieval thinkers - Yehudah Halevi, the romantic, and Maimonides, the rationalist - regarding their attitudes toward both miracle and messianism, and 3) apply the insights of their two approaches to the current situation. Hartman illustrates the hopeful allure of Halevi, the enduring sobriety of Maimonides, and his own continuing concern for... more info
David Hartman is a MUST read:
David Hartman is: kind, smart, compassionate, wise, learned and a good writer. All that is in evidence in this book, and more: An update on Israel, always welcome especially by one Who Know. And too few are in that category.
