Hesed and Tzedakah (eBook, PDF)

From Bible to Modernity
Redaktion: Homolka, Walter; Jacob, Walter

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

From a Jewish perspective, divine action in this world revolves around two poles: Hesed and Tzedakah. There is one fundamental difference between them: Hesed describes those actions of God that arise not from obligation, but instead are spurred by pure love for humankind, by grace and mercy. Tzedakah by contrast touches on God's righteous interaction within his covenant, as well as justice observed by man seeking harmony with God's will. Each of the terms applies to both God and man. Hesed and Tzedakah emanate from God, and eventually should transform a person into a Hasid and a Tzaddik. The authors of this volume parse the subtlety of different meanings behind this pair of terms - from Bible to modernity. Rabbi Walter Jacob is president of the Abraham Geiger College, Germany's rabbinical seminary, and of the Solomon B. Freehof Institute for Progressive Halakhah. The former president of the Central Conference of American Rabbis and Senior Scholar of Temple Rodeph Shalom in Pittsburgh holds a D.H.L. from Hebrew Union College as well as a D.D. from there and Drury University. Rabbi Walter Homolka is principal of the Abraham Geiger College, Germany's rabbinical seminary, chairman of the Leo Baeck Foundation, and an executive board member of the World Union for Progressive Judaism. He holds a PhD from King's College London and teaches Jewish Law at Potsdam University.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Frank & Timme
• Seitenzahl: 107
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. Dezember 2012
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9783865969736
• Artikelnr.: 53243620

Autorenporträt

Rabbiner Walter Homolka, geb. 1964, Rektor des Abraham Geiger Kollegs und Honorarprofessor für Jüdische Studien der Universität Potsdam. Der ehemalige Landesrabbiner von Niedersachsen ist Vorsitzender des Ernst Ludwig Ehrlich Studienwerks und Vizepräsident der European Union for Progressive Judaism.

Rabbiner Professor Dr. Walter Jacob, geboren 1930 in Augsburg, ist ein großer Kenner der Werke seines Großvaters. Der langjährige Rabbiner der Rodef-Shalom-Gemeinde in Pittsburgh war Präsident der Central Conference of American Rabbis. Er ist heute Präsident des Abraham Geiger Kollegs an der Universität Potsdam und des Solomon B. Freehof Institute for Progressive Halakhah.