Essential Essays on Judaism

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Summary: A Great Collection of Brilliant Essays
Review: Editor David Hazony has put together a fantastic collection by one of the great, and sadly little known, Jewish philosophers, Rabbi Eliezer Berkovits. The essays are both challenging and thought provoking. Berkovits' clear writing style makes his profound thoughts accessible to a wide array of readers (assuming your willing to put a little effort into it). The essays were written over the course of the latter half of the 20th Century. Even the earlier essays maintain their relevance to modern readers seeking to explore the depths of traditional Jewish thougt. This book is an excellent source for novices and scholars alike.

Rating:
Summary: A Great Collection of Brilliant Essays
Review: Editor David Hazony has put together a fantastic collection by one of the great, and sadly little known, Jewish philosophers, Rabbi Eliezer Berkovits. The essays are both challenging and thought provoking. Berkovits' clear writing style makes his profound thoughts accessible to a wide array of readers (assuming your willing to put a little effort into it). The essays were written over the course of the latter half of the 20th Century. Even the earlier essays maintain their relevance to modern readers seeking to explore the depths of traditional Jewish thougt. This book is an excellent source for novices and scholars alike.

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Summary: Essays of a great Jewish philosopher
Review: This work contains a selection of essays by one of the foremost Jewish thinkers of the modern era Eliezer Berkovits. The essays are: Part I . JEWISH MORALITY AND LAW Law and Morality in Jewish Tradition,The Nature and Function of Jewish Law,Conversion and the Decline of the Oral Law, A Jewish Sexual Ethics,The Biblical Idea of Justice,II RETURN TO JEWISH NATIONHOOD On the Return to Jewish National Life, On Jewish Sovereignty, Towards a Renewed Rabbinical Leadership, The Spiritual Crisis in IsraelIII JEWISH THEOLOGY The Encounter with the Divine, Knowledge of the World and Knowledge of God, The Concept of Holiness, Faith After the Holocaust.
The work provides in one volume work selected from the fifteen or so books Rabbi Berkovits published in his lifetime.
Anyone who cares for Jewish life thought and history would do well to not simply read this work, but study it carefully.