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Author Fisher, Cass, 1968-

Title Contemplative nation : a philosophical account of Jewish theological language / Cass Fisher.

Publication Info. Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, [2012]
©2012

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Description 1 online resource (xi, 301 pages)
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Hermeneutic theory and the study of Jewish theology : toward a new model of Jewish theological language -- Jewish theology as a religious and doxastic practice -- Forms of theological language in Mekhilta of Rabbi Ishmael -- Forms of theological language in Franz Rosenzweig's The star of redemption.
Summary This title challenges the long-standing view that theology is not a vital part of the Jewish tradition. For political and philosophical reasons, both scholars of Judaism and Jewish thinkers have sought to minimize the role of theology in Judaism.
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Subject Judaism -- Doctrines.
Judaism -- Doctrines.
Philosophical theology.
Philosophical theology.
Judaism and philosophy.
Judaism and philosophy.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Fisher, Cass, 1968- Contemplative nation. Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, ©2012 (DLC) 2011049960
ISBN 9780804781008 (electronic book)
0804781001 (electronic book)
9780804776646 (cloth ; alkaline paper)
0804776644