A Heart of Many Rooms: Celebrating the Many Voices Within Judaism"This work is not addressed only to scholars of Judaism or theologians, but also, and primarily, to all Jews and non-Jews who would like to share the thoughts and struggles of a person who loves Torah and Halakhah, who is committed to helping make room for and celebrate the religious and cultural diversity present in the modern world, and who believes that a commitment to Israel and to Jewish particularity must be organically connected to the rabbinic teaching, 'Beloved are all human beings created in the image of God.'" With clarity, passion and outstanding scholarship, David Hartman addresses the spiritual and theological questions that face all Jews and all people today. From the perspective of traditional Judaism, he helps us understand the varieties of twentieth-century Jewish practice and shows that commitment to both Jewish tradition and to pluralism can create bridges of understanding between people of different religious convictions. |
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... STUDY Our analysis of the joy of the Torah has so far dealt only with mitzvot , the joy of the commandments . The term " Torah " also denotes a body of material that is studied and analyzed . In the beit ha - midrash ( study hall ) of a ...
... Torah learning was not detached scholarship but knowledge as property , as ownership , as internalization of and ... study Talmud intensely , you cannot understand the playful and joyous quality of Torah study . The awesome image of ...
... Torah study becomes distorted when it shrinks to a mere fascination with legal detail . As in all disciplines involving research and learning , whether secular or religious , intellectual activity has an inherent attraction . The danger ...
Contents
JUDAISM AS AN INTERPRETIVE TRADITION | 3 |
THE JOY OF TORAH | 37 |
A TRADITIONAL RESPONSE | 57 |
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A Heart of Many Rooms: Celebrating the Many Voices Within Judaism David Hartman Limited preview - 2001 |