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OverviewOne cannot think of Judaism without taking some stance relating to Israel's special status, its election. The present collection highlights the challenges that Judaism faces, as it continues to uphold a sense of chosenness and as it seeks to engage the world beyond it-nations, as well as religions. The challenge is captured by the dual implication of election: divine love on the one hand and enmity with others on the other. Israel's election, mission and vocation are played out within this tension of love, grounded in God and extending to humanity, and the opposite of love, as this finds expression in Israel's relations with others. Israel must work out the purpose of its election and its realization in history in the tension between these two extremes. This challenge takes on great urgency in the context of advances in interfaith relations. These lead us to reflect on the meaning of Israel's election as part of developing a contemporary Jewish theology of world religions. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Alon Goshen-GottsteinPublisher: Academic Studies Press Imprint: Academic Studies Press Weight: 0.333kg ISBN: 9781644691489ISBN 10: 1644691485 Pages: 238 Publication Date: 19 November 2020 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Temporarily unavailable  The supplier advises that this item is temporarily unavailable. It will be ordered for you and placed on backorder. Once it does come back in stock, we will ship it out to you. Table of ContentsIntroduction The Election and Sanctity of Israel in the Hebrew Bible, Israel Knohl A Kingdom of Priests and a Holy Nation, Alon Goshen-Gottstein Israel as Blessing: Theological Horizons, Eugene Korn Jewish Chosenness—A Contemporary Approach, Jerome Gellman Aleinu—a Prayer Common to Jews and Gentile God-Fearers, Menahem Katz Two Dimensions of Jewish Identity, Stanislaw Krajewski Images of the Non-Jew in the Kedushat Levi: A Textual and Theological Exploration, Or Rose Israel's Election and the Suffering of the Holocaust, Gershon Greenberg Israel's Election and the Moral Dilemma of Amalek and the Seven Nations of Canaan, Reuven Kimelman From Enmity to Unity—Recovering the Ba'al Shem Tov's Teachings on Non-Jews, Menachem Kallus Conclusion: Judaism's Challenge—Being Israel in Changing Circumstances Notes on ContributorsReviewsGoshen-Gottstein is to be congratulated for bringing these contributions together, for his insightful introduction, his own excellent chapter on the multiple possible meanings of Israel being a Kingdom of Priests, and his very helpful summary at the end of the book. There wasn't a single weak chapter in the entire volume. ... Judaism's Challenge will be of immense interest to anybody wanting to find contemporary meaning, compatible with our modern and liberal sensibilities, in the doctrine of election, and Jewish chosenness. Academic Studies Press have also made it mouth-wateringly affordable, so there's little excuse to miss out. -Samuel Lebens, University of Haifa, Religious Studies Author InformationRabbi Dr. Alon Goshen-Gottsteinis acknowledged as one of the world's leading figures in interreligious dialogue. He is founder and director of the Elijah Interfaith Institute since 1997. His work bridges the theological and academic dimension with a variety of practical initiatives, especially involving world religious leadership. His academic work is divided between contributions to early rabbinic thought, Jewish spirituality, interfaith theory and Jewish theology of religions. He has held academic posts at Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Tel Aviv University, and has served as director of the Center for the Study of Rabbinic Thought, Beit Morasha College, Jerusalem. The present volume continues his ground-breaking work in the field of Jewish theology of religions. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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