A People apart : chosenness and ritual in Jewish philosophical thought

Author(s)

• Frank, Daniel H.

Bibliographic Information

A People apart : chosenness and ritual in Jewish philosophical thought

edited by Daniel H. Frank

（SUNY series in Jewish philosophy）

State University of New York Press, c1993

• : pbk.

Note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

Philosphical speculations on chosenness and ritual in Judaism.

Table of Contents

Introduction Part 1 Choseness Chapter 1 The Election of Israel: Outline of a Philosophical Analysis David Novak Chapter 2 Chosenness, Not Chauvinism: Maimonides on the Chosen people Menachem Kellner Response to Menachem Kellner Norbert M. Samuelson Reply to Norbert Samuelson Menachem Kellner Chapter 3 Judaism and Chosenness: On Some Controversial Aspects from Spinoza to Contemporary Jewish Thought Ze'ev Levy Part 2 Ritual Chapter 4 Rational Law / Ritual Law L. E. Goodman Chapter 5 Mitzvah as Metaphor Moshe Sokol Chapter 6 Jewish Ritual and the Experience of "Rootedness" Joshua L. Golding Chapter 7 The Concept of Worship in Judaism Norbert M. Samuelson Contributors Index

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Details

• NCID: BA2124993X
• ISBN:
  • 0791416313
  • 0791416321
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Albany
• Pages/Volumes: vi, 270 p.
• Size: 23 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : BM613
  • DC20 : 296.3/11
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Jews -- Election, Doctrine of -- History of doctrines
  • LCSH : Jewish law -- Philosophy
  • LCSH : Judaism -- Customs and practices -- Philosophy
  • LCSH : Philosophy, Jewish
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA12861884