Faith and Doubt: Studies in Traditional Jewish Thought

Lamm, Norman

Ktav

Valuable insights into marriage and married life. This book presents, in brief form, the psychology and philosophy of the laws of Jewish family purity. A revised and expanded edition.

A Hedge of Roses

Self-Help

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Feldheim Publishers

The centrality of Torah_Jewish learning_in Judaism is beyond doubt, but less clear is the value that can or should be attached to Madda, secular knowledge. Is non-religious learning desirable, essential, optional- or even permitted? Can one's Jewish experience be enriched by exposure to poetry, art, history, and science? And, if the study of Torah is indeed the single most important precept of Judaism, how much room does this leave for the rest of human intellect pursuit? Torah Umadda, a provocative work by the president of Yeshiva University, shows that these concerns are by no means unprecedented. As Dr. Lamm writes, 'The intersections of Torah and Wisdom are not always clear; indeed, they are more often than not elusive and indeterminate. But the encounter between them is fruitful, sometimes fateful_and always fascinating.' Dr. Lamm explores six models of Torah Umadda, providing thorough overviews of such great Jewish thinkers as Moses Maimonides, Samson Raphael Hirsch, and Abraham Isaac Kook. He examines the ideological context of late eighteenth-and early nineteenth-century Jewish religious thought that culminated in the creation of the citadel of Torah Umadda, Yeshiva University. And, borrowing from the work of more contemporary figures, he proposes a number of fresh approaches to the age-old issue. The result is an intriguing, incisive, and remarkably candid vision of a major issue confronting and frequently dividing contemporary Orthodox Jewry. Challenging, illuminating, and, above all, synthesizing, Torah Umadda provides a seminal and widely awaited 'mission statement' by a modern renaissance man on the continuing philosophical-theological validity of one of contemporary Judaism's most fertile fields. Simultaneously scholarly and passionate, Torah Umadda itself shines as a brilliant example of that very school of thought it so eloquently puts forth.

Torah Umadda: The Encounter of Religious Learning and Wordly Knowledge in the Jewish Tradition

Religion & Spirituality

Judaism

Jason Aronson, Inc.

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Works of Rabbi Hayyim of Volozhin and His Contemporaries (Sources and Studies in Kabbalah, Hasidism,)

Torah Lishmah: Torah for Torah's Sake : In the Works of Rabbi Hayyim of Volozhin and His Contemporaries (Sources and Studies in Kabbalah, Hasidism,)

Torah Lishmah: Study of Torah for Torah's Sake in the Work of Rabbi Hayyim Volozhin and his Contemporaries (Studies and Sources in Kabbalah, Hasidism and Jewish Thought, Vol 1)

Over the past twenty-five years, the presidency of Yeshiva University has been a mighty pulpit from which Dr. Norman Lamm has addressed many of the critical issues that have faced world Jewry and confronted Modern Orthodoxy. As spokesman for the institution that he leads, the movement he champions, and the Jewish people he loves, Dr. Lamm has fearlessly addressed such issues as the possibilities for faith and real religious commitment in the modern world: unity within a fragmented and contentious Jewish community, morality within a libertine contemporary society, and the prospect for Zionism and Israel within the world of nations. He has defined the parameters and structured the vision of Modern Orthodoxy as a vibrant and attractive religious phenomenon that combines fidelity to Jewish tradition while embracing the modern world of knowledge and culture, with tolerance for all Jews and civility toward all humankind. This is the definitive work on modern orthodoxy.

Seventy Faces Articles of Faith Volume 1

Worship & Devotion

Seventy Faces: Articles of Faith Volume 2

Faith and Doubt addresses the question of the encounter of religious faith with modern life and civilization. Dr. Norman Lamm, former President of Yeshiva University and current Chancellor is identified with modern Orthodox Judaism but his volume is addressed to a wider audience to believing people of all faiths, students of religion, to the searchers and curious and even to the skeptics and scoffers. The themes treated in these pages range from comparative law to metaphysics, and from moral philosophy to natural science, all from the vantage point of what has been called Modern Orthodox Judaism. This third edition updates the above, and also includes a new chapter on Law and Morality in Judaism. About the Author Dr. Norman Lamm is Chancellor of Yeshiva University, the nation s oldest and largest university under Jewish auspices. He served as its President for twenty seven years until 2003. He was founder and first editor of Tradition: A Journal of Orthodox Jewish Thought and is the author of ten books, among them Torah Umadda, Torah Lishmah, The Shema, Seventy Faces, The Religious Thought of Hasidism. He is the editor of The Library of Jewish law and Ethics. From the Table Of Contents... CHAPTER I: Faith and Doubt CHAPTER II: The Unity Theme: Monism for Moderns CHAPTER III: Two Versions of Synthesis CHAPTER IV: Man s Position in the Universe CHAPTER V: The Religious Implications of Extraterrestrial Life CHAPTER VI: Ecology in Jewish Law and Theology CHAPTER VII: A Jewish Ethic of Leisure CHAPTER VIII: Scholarship and Piety CHAPTER IX: The Moral Revolution: A Jewish Evaluation CHAPTER X: Self-Incrimination in Law and Psychology: The Fifth Amendment and the Halakhah CHAPTER XI: Privacy in Law and Theology CHAPTER XII: Suffering and Literature

Faith & Doubt: Studies in Traditional Jewish Thought: Augmented Edition

The centrality of Torah—Jewish learning—in Judaism is beyond doubt, but less clear is the value that can or should be attached to Madda, secular knowledge. Is non-religious learning desirable, essential, optional- or even permitted? Can one's Jewish experience be enriched by exposure to poetry, art, history, and science? And, if the study of Torah is indeed the single most important precept of Judaism, how much room does this leave for the rest of human intellect pursuit?Torah Umadda, a provocative work by the president of Yeshiva University, shows that these concerns are by no means unprecedented. As Dr. Lamm writes, "The intersections of Torah and Wisdom are not always clear; indeed, they are more often than not elusive and indeterminate. But the encounter between them is fruitful, sometimes fateful—and always fascinating." Dr. Lamm explores six models of Torah Umadda, providing thorough overviews of such great Jewish thinkers as Moses Maimonides, Samson Raphael Hirsch, and Abraham Isaac Kook. He examines the ideological context of late eighteenth-and early nineteenth-century Jewish religious thought that culminated in the creation of the citadel of Torah Umadda, Yeshiva University. And, borrowing from the work of more contemporary figures, he proposes a number of fresh approaches to the age-old issue. The result is an intriguing, incisive, and remarkably candid vision of a major issue confronting and frequently dividing contemporary Orthodox Jewry. Challenging, illuminating, and, above all, synthesizing, Torah Umadda provides a seminal and widely awaited "mission statement" by a modern renaissance man on the continuing philosophical-theological validity of one of contemporary Judaism's most fertile fields. Simultaneously scholarly and passionate, Torah Umadda itself shines as a brilliant example of that very school of thought it so eloquently puts forth.

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Faith and Doubt: Studies in Traditional Jewish Thought

A Hedge of Roses

Torah Umadda: The Encounter of Religious Learning and Wordly Knowledge in the Jewish Tradition

Faith and Doubt: Studies in Traditional Jewish Thought

Torah Lishmah: Torah for Torah's Sake : In the Works of Rabbi Hayyim of Volozhin and His Contemporaries (Sources and Studies in Kabbalah, Hasidism,)

Torah Lishmah: Study of Torah for Torah's Sake in the Work of Rabbi Hayyim Volozhin and his Contemporaries (Studies and Sources in Kabbalah, Hasidism and Jewish Thought, Vol 1)

Seventy Faces Articles of Faith Volume 1

Seventy Faces: Articles of Faith Volume 2

Faith & Doubt: Studies in Traditional Jewish Thought: Augmented Edition

Torah Umadda: The Encounter of Religious Learning and Wordly Knowledge in the Jewish Tradition