Eliezer Schweid : the responsibility of Jewish philosophy

Author(s)

• Tirosh-Samuelson, Hava
• Hughes, Aaron W.
• Levin, Leonard

Bibliographic Information

Eliezer Schweid : the responsibility of Jewish philosophy

edited by Hava Tirosh-Samuelson, Aaron W. Hughes ; translated by Leonard Levin

（Library of contemporary Jewish philosophers, v. 1）

Brill, 2013

• : pbk
• : hardback

Note

Bibliography: p. [251]-256

Description and Table of Contents

Volume

: hardback ISBN 9789004234840

Description

This volume features Eliezer Schweid's philosophy of Judaism for a secular age. The volume brings together four of Schweid's most original and influential philosophical essays and an interview with him that together express his fundamental outlook: the faith of a secular Jew, freely choosing loyalty to his or her national culture and drawing on Jewish heritage to inform how to act responsibly toward one's neighbor, one's people, the world, and God. The themes span the gamut of Schweid's life work: the existential loneliness of the modern Jew; Judaism as a culture; faith in light of the Holocaust; and appreciation for secular humanism with awareness of its shortcomings, given the enduring legacy of the Jewish biblical heritage.

Table of Contents

The Contributors Editors' Introduction to Series Eliezer Schweid: An Intellectual Portrait Leonard Levin Judaism as a Culture Eliezer Schweid Faith Confronting the Experiences of Our Age Eliezer Schweid Humanism, Globalization, Postmodernism, and the Jewish People Eliezer Schweid The Drama of Secular History: The Return to Nature and Exit from the Other Side Eliezer Schweid Interview with Eliezer Schweid Hava Tirosh-Samuelson and Leonard Levin Select Bibliography

Volume

: pbk ISBN 9789004235076

Description

This volume features Eliezer Schweid's philosophy of Judaism for a secular age. The volume brings together four of Schweid's most original and influential philosophical essays and an interview with him which express his fundamental outlook: the faith of a secular Jew, having freely choosen loyalty to his or her national culture and to Jewish heritage informs him or her how to act responsibly toward one's neighbor, one's people, the world, and God. The themes span the gamut of Schweid's life work: the existential loneliness of the modern Jew; Judaism as a culture; faith in light of the Holocaust; and appreciation for secular humanism with awareness of its shortcomings, given the enduring legacy of the Jewish biblical heritage.

Table of Contents

The Contributors Editors' Introduction to Series Eliezer Schweid: An Intellectual Portrait Leonard Levin Judaism as a Culture Eliezer Schweid Faith Confronting the Experiences of Our Age Eliezer Schweid Humanism, Globalization, Postmodernism, and the Jewish People Eliezer Schweid The Drama of Secular History: The Return to Nature and Exit from the Other Side Eliezer Schweid Interview with Eliezer Schweid Hava Tirosh-Samuelson and Leonard Levin Select Bibliography

by "Nielsen BookData"

• NCID: BB19945899
• ISBN:
  • 9789004235076
  • 9789004234840
• LCCN: 2013009764
• Country Code: ne
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Leiden
• Pages/Volumes: xv, 256 p.
• Size: 24 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : B759.S36
  • DC23 : 181/.06
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Schweid, Eliezer -- Philosophy
  • LCSH : Jewish philosophy
  • LCSH : Philosophy, Medieval
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BB19945877