The God Who Hates Lies
Confronting & Rethinking Jewish Tradition
- 208 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
About this book
Covenant & Conscience—A Groundbreaking Journey to the Heart of Halakha
"Anyone curious about the Jewish way of life, yet dissatisfied with much of contemporary Jewish theology and practice—repelled, perhaps, by the cheap and vulgar apologetics of those who seek to justify and sustain some of the tradition's systematic immoralities, who smugly deny expression to any doubt or uncertainty, claiming a monopoly on absolute truth—is invited to join me on this pilgrimage."
—from the Introduction
In this deeply personal look at the struggle between commitment to Jewish religious tradition and personal morality, Dr. David Hartman, the world's leading Modern Orthodox Jewish theologian, probes the deepest questions at the heart of what it means to be a human being and a Jew.
Dr. Hartman draws on a lifetime of learning, teaching and experience as a social activist to present an intellectual framework for examining covenantal theology as it is applied to religious life. As much an expression of his impassioned commitment to Jewish law as it is testament to a lifetime of intellectual questioning and courage, this bold examination of the halakhic system offers fresh insights into Judaism and the quest for spiritual nourishment.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title
- Praise for The God Who Hates Lies
- Contents
- Introduction: “What Planet Are You From?”: A Yeshiva Boy’s Pilgrimage into Philosophy, History, and Reality
- 1 Halakhic Spirituality: Living in the Presence of God
- 2 Toward a God-Intoxicated Halakha
- 3 Feminism and Apologetics: Lying in the Presence of God
- 4 Biology or Covenant?: Conversion and the Corrupting Influence of Gentile Seed
- 5 Where Did Modern Orthodoxy Go Wrong?: The Mistaken Halakhic Presumptions of Rabbi Soloveitchik
- 6 The God Who Hates Lies: Choosing Life in the Midst of Uncertainty
- Notes
- Suggestions for Further Reading
- Index
- About Jewish Lights
- Copyright