The Jewish God Question
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The Jewish God Question

What Jewish Thinkers Have Said about God, the Book, the People, and the Land

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The Jewish God Question

What Jewish Thinkers Have Said about God, the Book, the People, and the Land

About this book

The Jewish God Question explores what a diverse array of Jewish thinkers have said about the interrelated questions of God, the Book, the Jewish people, and the Land of Israel. Exploring topics such as the existence of God, God's relationship to the world and to history, how to read the Bible, Jewish mysticism, the evolution of Judaism, and more, Andrew Pessin makes key insights from the Jewish philosophical tradition accessible and engaging. Short chapters share fascinating insights from ancient times to today, from Philo to Judith Plaskow. The book emphasizes the more unusual or intriguing ideas and arguments, as well as the most influential.The Jewish God Question is an exciting and useful book for readers wrestling with some very big questions.

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Table of contents

  1. Contents
  2. Acknowledgments
  3. Introduction
  4. Part I: Philo–Ibn Daud c. 20 BCE–1180 CE
  5. Introduction to Part I
  6. Chapter 1: Philo (c. 20 BCE–c. 50 CE)
  7. Chapter 2: Philo (c. 20 BCE–c. 50 CE)
  8. Chapter 3: Saadia Ben Joseph Gaon (882–942)
  9. Chapter 4: Saadia Ben Joseph Gaon (882–942)
  10. Chapter 5: Isaac Israeli (c. 855–955)
  11. Chapter 6: Solomon Ibn Gabirol (1021–58)
  12. Chapter 7: Bachya Ibn Paquda (c. 1050–1120)
  13. Chapter 8: Abraham Bar Chiyya (1065–1136)
  14. Chapter 9: Joseph Ibn Tzaddik (?–1149)
  15. Chapter 10: Judah Halevi (c. 1075–1141)
  16. Chapter 11: Judah Halevi (c. 1075–1141)
  17. Chapter 12: Judah Halevi (c. 1075–1141)
  18. Chapter 13: Abraham Ibn Ezra (1089–1164)
  19. Chapter 14: Abraham Ibn Daud (Rabad) (1110–80)
  20. Chapter 15: Abraham Ibn Daud (Rabad) (1110–80)
  21. Part II: Maimonides–Sforno 1138–c. 1550
  22. Introduction to Part II
  23. Chapter 16: Maimonides (1135–1204)
  24. Chapter 17: Maimonides (1138–1204)
  25. Chapter 18: Maimonides (1138–1204)
  26. Chapter 19: Moses Ben Nachman (Nachmanides, Ramban) (1194–1270)
  27. Chapter 20: Moses Ben Nachman (Nachmanides, Ramban) (1194–1270)
  28. Chapter 21: Hillel Ben Samuel (1220–95)
  29. Chapter 22: Moses De Leon (1240–1305)
  30. Chapter 23: Abraham Abulafia (1240–c. 1292)
  31. Chapter 24: Isaac Albalag (late thirteenth century)
  32. Chapter 25: Abner of Burgos (1270–1347)
  33. Chapter 26: Isaac Pollegar (d. c. 1330)
  34. Chapter 27: Joseph Ibn Kaspi (1279–1331)
  35. Chapter 28: Levi Ben Gerson (Gersonides) (1288–1344)
  36. Chapter 29: Levi Ben Gerson (Gersonides) (1288–1344)
  37. Chapter 30: Aaron Ben Elijah of Nicomedia (c. 1328–69)
  38. Chapter 31: Moses Ben Joshua of Narbonne (Narboni) (d. c. 1362)
  39. Chapter 32: Chasdai Ben Judah Crescas (c. 1340–1410/11)
  40. Chapter 33: Chasdai Ben Judah Crescas (c. 1340–1410/11)
  41. Chapter 34: Chasdai Ben Judah Crescas (c. 1340–1410/11)
  42. Chapter 35: Joseph Albo (1380–1444)
  43. Chapter 36: Yochanan Alemanno (c. 1435–1504)
  44. Chapter 37: Abraham Bivach (Bibago) (mid-fifteenth century)
  45. Chapter 38: Isaac Abravanel (1437–1508)
  46. Chapter 39: Elijah Del Medigo (1458–93)
  47. Chapter 40: Leone Ebreo (Judah Abravanel) (c. 1460–after 1523)
  48. Chapter 41: Moses Ben Baruch Almosnino (c. 1515–c. 1580)
  49. Chapter 42: Obadiah Sforno (c. 1470–c. 1550)
  50. Part III: Spinoza–Pinsker 1632–1891
  51. Introduction to Part III
  52. Chapter 43: Baruch Spinoza (1632–77)
  53. Chapter 44: Baruch Spinoza (1632–77)
  54. Chapter 45: Moses Mendelssohn (1729–86)
  55. Chapter 46: Solomon Maimon (1753–1800)
  56. Chapter 47: Saul Ascher (1767–1822)
  57. Chapter 48: Leopold Zunz (1794–1886)
  58. Chapter 49: Solomon Steinheim (1789–1866)
  59. Chapter 50: Abraham Geiger (1810–74)
  60. Chapter 51: Samuel Holdheim (1806–60)
  61. Chapter 52: Moses Sofer (Hatam Sofer) (1762–1839)
  62. Chapter 53: Zacharias Frankel (1801–75)
  63. Chapter 54: Nachman Krochmal (1785–1840)
  64. Chapter 55: Samson Raphael Hirsch (1808–88)
  65. Chapter 56: Samson Raphael Hirsch (1808–88)
  66. Chapter 57: Israel Salanter (1810–83)
  67. Chapter 58: Zvi Hirsch Kalischer (1795–1874)
  68. Chapter 59: Leon Pinsker (1821–91)
  69. Part IV: Herzl–Lebens 1860–
  70. Introduction to Part IV
  71. Chapter 60: Theodor Herzl (1860–1904)
  72. Chapter 61: Ahad Ha’am (Asher Ginsberg) (1856–1927)
  73. Chapter 62: Micah Joseph Berdichevsky (1865–1921)
  74. Chapter 63: Shalom Dov Baer Schneersohn (1860–1920)
  75. Chapter 64: Hermann Cohen (1842–1918)
  76. Chapter 65: Hermann Cohen (1842–1918)
  77. Chapter 66: Franz Rosenzweig (1886–1929)
  78. Chapter 67: Martin Buber (1878–1965)
  79. Chapter 68: Hayim Nahman Bialik (1873–1934)
  80. Chapter 69: Abraham Isaac Kook (1865–1935)
  81. Chapter 70: Mordecai Kaplan (1881–1983)
  82. Chapter 71: Joseph Soloveitchik (1903–93)
  83. Chapter 72: Leo Strauss (1899–1973)
  84. Chapter 73: Leo Strauss (1899–1973)
  85. Chapter 74: Emmanuel Levinas (1906–95)
  86. Chapter 75: Abraham Joshua Heschel (1907–72)
  87. Chapter 76: Eliezer Berkovits (1908–92)
  88. Chapter 77: Hannah Arendt (1906–75)
  89. Chapter 78: Emil Fackenheim (1916–2003)
  90. Chapter 79: Yeshayahu Leibowitz (1903–94)
  91. Chapter 80: Hans Jonas (1903–93)
  92. Chapter 81: Judith Plaskow (b. 1947)
  93. Chapter 82: Michael Wyschogrod (1928–2015)
  94. Chapter 83: Eugene Borowitz (1924–2016)
  95. Chapter 84: Rachel Adler (b. 1943)
  96. Chapter 85: Tamar Ross (b. 1938)
  97. Chapter 86: Shimon Gershon Rosenberg (Shagar) (1949–2007)
  98. Chapter 87: Samuel Lebens (b. 1983)
  99. Afterword
  100. Glossary of Hebrew Terms
  101. Sources
  102. Bibliography