Book contents
- The Cambridge Companion to JEWISH THEOLOGY
- cambridge companions to religion
- the cambridge companion to JEWISH THEOLOGY
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Notes on Contributors
- Acknowledgements
- 1 Introduction
- 2 What is Jewish Theology?
- Part I Biblical-Rabbinic
- 3 Jewish Biblical Theology
- 4 The God of the Rabbis
- 5 The Theology of the Daily Liturgy
- Part II Medieval
- Part III Modern
- Part IV Contemporary Issues
- Part V Analytic Philosophy and Theology
- Index
- Other Titles in the Series (continued from page ii)
- References
4 - The God of the Rabbis
from Part I - Biblical-Rabbinic
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 03 December 2020
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Book contents
- The Cambridge Companion to JEWISH THEOLOGY
- cambridge companions to religion
- the cambridge companion to JEWISH THEOLOGY
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Notes on Contributors
- Acknowledgements
- 1 Introduction
- 2 What is Jewish Theology?
- Part I Biblical-Rabbinic
- 3 Jewish Biblical Theology
- 4 The God of the Rabbis
- 5 The Theology of the Daily Liturgy
- Part II Medieval
- Part III Modern
- Part IV Contemporary Issues
- Part V Analytic Philosophy and Theology
- Index
- Other Titles in the Series (continued from page ii)
- References
Summary
Rabbinic theology, in the various Midrashim, reveals an intense attentiveness to God as a divine relational subject in the figures of king, a father, a husband, sometime a mother, and a judge. If God is, indeed, a relational subject capable of intentionality and responsiveness seeking a partner, the perfections attributed to him by the philosophers are actually flaws and imperfections from the perspective of Rabbinic theology.
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- The Cambridge Companion to Jewish Theology , pp. 60 - 76Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2020
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Selected Further Reading
Halbertal, M. Interpretative Revolutions in the Making. Jerusalem: The Hebrew University Magnes Press, 1997.Google Scholar
Lorberbaum, Y. God’s Image: Halakhah and Aggadah. New York: Schocken Publishing House, 2004.Google Scholar
Rawidowicz, S. “On Jewish Learning.” In Israel the Ever Dying People and Other Essays, 134–37. Edited by Ravid, B.. Rutherford, NJ: Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 1984/1986.Google Scholar
Stern, D. Parables in Midrash: Narrative and Exegesis in Rabbinic Literature. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1994.Google Scholar
Urbach, E. E. The Sages: Their Concepts and Beliefs. Translated by I. Abraham. Jerusalem: The Hebrew University Magnes Press, 1979.Google Scholar
Weiss, D. Pious Irreverence: Confronting God in Rabbinic Judaism. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2016.Google Scholar
Wolfson, H. Philo: Foundations of Religious Philosophy in Judaism 1–2. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1948.Google Scholar
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