The Principles of Judaism (Oxford Studies in Analytic Theology)

Lebens, Samuel

Oxford University Press（2020/06発売）

• 製本 Hardcover:ハードカバー版／ページ数 350 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9780198843252
• DDC分類 296

Full Description

Samuel Lebens takes the three principles of Jewish faith, as proposed by Rabbi Joseph Albo (1380-1444), in order to scrutinize and refine them with the toolkit of contemporary analytic philosophy. What could it mean for a perfect being to create a world from nothing? Could our world be anything more than a figment of God's imagination? What is the Torah? What does Judaism expect from a Messiah, and what would it mean for a world to be redeemed? These questions are explored in conversation with a wide array of Jewish sources and with an eye towards diverse fields of contemporary research, such as cosmology, philosophical logic, the ontology of literature, and the metaphysics of time. The Principles of Judaism articulates the most fundamental axioms of Orthodox Judaism in the vernacular of contemporary philosophy.

Contents

1: Introduction Avoiding a Paradoxical Preface
Part I - Creation
2: Creatio Ex Nihilo
3: Idealism Ex Nihilo
4: Hassidic Idealism Responding to Problems
5: Hassidic Idealism Some Hidden Benefits
Part II - Revelation
6: What is the Torah? The Internal Problem with Revelation
7: Ongoing Revelation and the External Problems with Revelation
Part III - Redemption
8: Redeeming the Past
9: Conclusions: Frumkeit, Faith, and Make-Belief
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