William Kolbrener

The Last Rabbi (eBook, ePUB)

Joseph Soloveitchik and Talmudic Tradition

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Joseph Soloveitchik (1903-1993) was a major American Orthodox rabbi, Talmudist, philosopher, and theologian. In this new work, William Kolbrener takes on Soloveitchik's controversial legacy and shows how he was torn between the traditionalist demands of his European ancestors and the trajectory of his own radical and often pluralist philosophy. A portrait of this self-professed "lonely man of faith" reveals him to be a reluctant modern who responds to the catastrophic trauma of personal and historical loss by underwriting an idiosyncratic, highly conservative conception of law that is distinct from his Talmudic predecessors, and also paves the way for a return to tradition that hinges on the ethical embrace of multiplicity. As Kolbrener melds these contradictions, he presents Soloveitchik as a good deal more complicated and conflicted than others have suggested. The Last Rabbi affords new perspective on the thought of this major Jewish philosopher and his ideas on the nature of religious authority, knowledge, and pluralism.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Indiana University Press
• Seitenzahl: 242
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. September 2016
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780253022325
• Artikelnr.: 45985914

Autorenporträt

William Kolbrener is Professor of English at Bar Ilan University in Israel. He is author of Open Minded Torah: Of Irony, Fundamentalism, and Love.

Inhaltsangabe

Abbreviations of Works
Preface
Introduction: The Making of Joseph Soloveitchik and the Unmaking of
Talmudic Tradition
Part I: Talmudic Tradition: Mourning
1. Hermeneutics of Rabbinic Mourning
2. Pluralism, Rabbinic Poetry and Dispute
Part II: Rabbi Joseph Soloveitchik: Melancholy
Interlude: Primal Scene in Pruzhna
3. Love, Repentance, Sublimation
4. Joseph Soloveitchik, A Melancholy Modern
5. Beyond the Law: Repentance and Gendered Memory
6. From Interpretive Conquest to Antithetic Ethics
Conclusion: The Last Rabbi and Talmudic Irony
Notes
Index