Judaism, human values, and the Jewish state /

Judaism, human values, and the Jewish state /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Leibowitz, Yeshayahu, 1903-1994
Uniform title:	Essays. English. Selections
Imprint:	Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 1992.
Description:	xxxiv, 291 p. ; 24 cm.
Language:	English
Subject:	Judaism Jewish law -- Philosophy Judaism -- Israel Religion and state -- Israel. Jewish-Arab relations -- Religious aspects -- Judaism. Jewish-Arab relations -- Religious aspects -- Judaism. Jewish law -- Philosophy. Judaism. Politics and government Religion and state. Israel -- Politics and government Israel.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/1314038

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Other authors / contributors:	Goldman, Eliezer
ISBN:	0674487753
Notes:	Translations from Hebrew. "Portions of this work have been translated from Yahadut, ʻam Yehudi u-medinat Yisraʼel ... and from Emunah, historyah va-ʻarakhim" ...--T.p. verso. Includes bibliographical references and index.

Table of Contents:

Introduction
Part 1. Faith
1. Religious Praxis: The Meaning of Halakhah
2. Of Prayer
3. The Reading of Shema
4. Fear of God in the Book of Job
5. Divine Governance: A Maimonidean View
6. Lishmah, and Not-Lishmah
7. The Uniqueness of the Jewish People
8. The Individual and Society in Judaism
9. Ahistorical Thinkers in Judaism
10. The Religious and Moral Significance of the Redemption of Israel
11. Redemption and the Dawn of Redemption
12. The Status of Women: Halakhah and Meta-Halakhah
13. Religion and Science in the Middle Ages and in the Modern Era
Part 2. Religion, People, State
14. The Social Order as a Religious Problem
15. The Crisis of Religion in the State of Israel
16. A Call for the Separation of Religion and State
17. After Kibiyeh
18. Jewish Identity and Israeli Silence
19. The Jew in His Community, on His Land, and in the