Living The Letters
Springer International Publishing (Verlag)
9783031810404 (ISBN)
In this work, Michael Marmur employs the structure of the Hebrew alphabet to set out elements of an emerging Jewish theology, presenting a case for the urgent relevance of Jewish life at a time of deepening rupture and accelerating change. He presents core components of a theory and practice of contemporary Judaism.
The Hebrew alphabet has long beguiled and preoccupied Biblical authors and liturgical poets, rationalists and mystics, conservatives and radicals. It has served as a locus of theological speculation, an engine of creativity and a recurrent motif throughout the cycle of life, from childhood instruction to graveside recitation. For each letter of the Hebrew alphabet, Marmur proposes a concept, gleaned from theology, philosophy, ritual, politics, community and other fields. Readers are invited to combine and deploy them in imagining a Judaism of tomorrow.
This is an open access book.
Michael Marmur is Associate Professor of Jewish Theology at the Hebrew Union College in Jerusalem. He previously served as Dean of that campus and provost of the HUC-JIR system across its four campuses. Raised in England, he moved to Israel in the mid-1980s. He was ordained by HUC-Jerusalem in 1992 and served as a congregational rabbi in Haifa before returning to HUC as an administrator and teacher. He serves as the Chair of Rabbis for Human Rights, an Israeli human rights organization comprising Jewish religious leaders in Israel from across the denominational spectrum raising a voice of conscience on issues of social justice and human rights in Israel and in the Occupied Territories.
Introduction.- Aspaklaria: Prophecy and Pluralism.- Bi: Spirituality and Responsibility.- Gader: Borders and Boundaries.- Dovev: Quotation and Education.- Hogenet: Decency and Society.- Vegoralenu: Peoplehood and Chosenness.- Zeman Nakat: History and Change.- Chai Vekayam: The Existence and Insistence of God.- Tefachim: A Torah of Tension.- Yetzer Lev Ha'adam: On Human Nature.- Kosot Yeshu'ah: Frameworks of Jewish Thought.- Lehaniach: The Assumption of Ritual.- Masoret: Tradition!.- Neder: Vows and Commitments.- Safek: The Benefit of Doubt.- Azazel: Gaza and Expulsion.- Pi Yagid: Prayer and Language.- Tzechok: Judaism and Humor.- Kehillah: Community.- Reshit: The Flowering of Our Redemption?.- Sha'at Hamefazrim: Judaism Thick and Thin.- Taluy: Dependence and Independence.- The Twenty-Third Letter.
| Erscheinungsdatum | 14.04.2025 |
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| Zusatzinfo | XIV, 407 p. |
| Verlagsort | Cham |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 148 x 210 mm |
| Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie ► Judentum |
| Schlagworte | Israel • Kabbalah • Masora • open access • Sefer Hatemunah • Torah |
| ISBN-13 | 9783031810404 / 9783031810404 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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