Marc Katz

Yochanan's Gamble

Judaism's Pragmatic Approach to Life

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Produktbeschreibung

Yochanan’s Gamble investigates how the talmudic rabbis navigate their own ethical challenges—determining truth, upholding compromise, convincing others, keeping the peace, weighing sinning in hopes of promoting greater good—thereby forging a pragmatic Jewish path for resolving moral conundrums today.  

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Jewish Publication Society
• Seitenzahl: 278
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Dezember 2024
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780827615564
• ISBN-10: 0827615566
• Artikelnr.: 69719505

Autorenporträt

Rabbi Marc Katz is the rabbi at Temple Ner Tamid in Bloomfield, New Jersey. He is the author of The Heart of Loneliness: How Jewish Wisdom Can Help You Cope and Find Comfort, a National Jewish Book Award finalist.  

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgements
Introduction
Notes on Sources
 
Prologue: Yochanan’s Gamble
1. Recalibrating Truth
2. Upholding Compromise 
3. Not Leading Too Far Out In Front
4. Abiding by the Wisdom of the Masses
5.  Keeping the Peace with Neighbors
6.  Avoiding Infighting
7.  Employing Tools To Transform Law
8.  Sinning for the Greater Good
9.  Hedging Against the Misuse of Pragmatism
Final Thoughts: Yochanan’s Uncertainty
 
Notes
Bibliography
Topical Index
Index of Sources