Judaism and Modernity: The Religious Philosophy of David Hartman

by Malino,Jonathan W.

• ISBN13: 9780754639312
• ISBN10: 0754639312
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2004-09-28
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

In the past quarter-century, David Hartman has established himself as one of the pre-eminent religious and Jewish thinkers of our age. Refusing to be limited by the traditional focus on metaphysics and theology, Hartman has developed his religious philosophy through sustained reflection on the concrete experience of individual, communal and national Jewish life.In Judaism and Modernity, prominent Israeli and American scholars of philosophy, religion, law, political theory, and Judaism engage Hartman's wide-ranging and provocative work. Touched by Hartman's passion for religious dialogue, humanism, and the interplay of traditional texts and modern thought, the contributors advance their own ideas on the philosophy of religion, religious anthropology, pluralism, Zionism, and medieval Jewish philosophy. This is a rich collection for students, professional academicians, and all who seek ways to incorporate the wisdom of the past into the evolving wisdom of the future.

Table of Contents

List of contributors	viii
Introduction	xi
Acknowledgements	xiii
PART I: PHILOSOPHY OF RELIGION
Judaism in Light of the Rebirth of the State of Israel: The Philosophy of David Hartman	3	(22)
Donniel Hartman
David Hartman and the Crisis in Modern Faith	25	(10)
Moshe Halbertal
In What Sense is David Hartman a Jewish Theologian?	35	(18)
Moshe Idel
Interpretation Beyond Metaphysics	53	(12)
Shira Wolosky
Why David Hartman isn't a ``Philosophical Theologian''	65	(14)
Jonathan W. Malino
Henry Samuel Levinson
Time and Religious Consciousness in the Thought of David Hartman	79	(25)
Dror Yinon
From Anthropology to Metaphysics: David Hartman on Divine Intervention	104	(17)
David Shatz
PART II: RELIGIOUS ANTHROPOLOGY
Mastery and Hubris in Judaism: The Religious Anthropology of David Hartman	121	(12)
Michael J. Sandel
Educating for Spiritual Maturity: Hartman's Interpretation of Judaism as a ``Religion for Adults''	133	(18)
Jonathan Cohen
Biblical Faith and the Roots of Human Dignity	151	(7)
Peter Berkowitz
Adam and Our Selves	158	(13)
George P. Fletcher
The Akedah in the Thought of David Hartman	171	(16)
Yehuda Gellman
The Covenant of Conscience	187	(11)
Harold M. Schulweis
Memory	198	(12)
Ruth Anna Putnam
A Faith-ful Jewish Critical Interpretation of the Bible	210	(6)
Moshe Greenberg
The Rabbinic Ideal of the Peacemaker: David Hartman Reads Maimonides' Laws of Hanukkah	216	(12)
Noam Zion
Love Thy Companion as Thyself: Musings on its Usage in Tannaitic Literature and the Sermon on the Mount	228	(9)
Marc Hirshman
PART III: PLURALISM AND ZIONISM
The Pluralism of David Hartman	237	(12)
Hilary Putnam
David Hartman, Paul van Buren and Franz Rosenzweig on Jewish-Christian Dialogue	249	(13)
Rivka Horwitz
David Hartman on The Attitudes of Soloveitchik and Heschel Towards Christianity	262	(12)
Ephraim Meir
Can Interpretive Freedom be Unlimited?	274	(12)
Sanford Levinson
Interpretive Fluidity and P'sak in a Case of Pidyon Sh'vuyim: A Modern Israeli Responsum Illuminated by the Thought of David Hartman	286	(22)
David Ellenson
Zionism and Judaism	308	(18)
Michael Walzer
Israel and the Creation of Pluralistic Covenental Community	326	(19)
Arnold Eisen
Strangers in Our Home: Hartman on Peace with the Palestinians	345	(14)
Warren Zev Harvey
PART IV: MAIMONIDES AND HALEVI
Maimonides on Amalek, Self-Corrective Mechanisms, and the War against Idolatry	359	(34)
Josef Stern
The Unity of Maimonides' Religious Thought: The Laws of Mourning as a Case Study	393	(20)
Lawrence Kaplan
Maimonides on the ``Normality'' of Hebrew	413	(32)
Menachem Kellner
Who Has Implanted Within Us Eternal Life: Judah Halevi on Immortality and the Afterlife	445	(27)
Barry S. Kogan
APPENDIX
David Hartman's Life and Thought	467	(3)
Avi Sagi
Zvi Zohar
Writings of David Hartman	470	(2)
Index	472