How can a Jew speak of faith today?

Borowitz, Eugene B.

Westminster Press

Judaism After Modernity: Papers from a Decade of Fruition

Religion & Spirituality

Judaism

Judaism After Modernity  presents a collection of writings by America's leading liberal Jewish theologian, who relates his activity as a prominent thinker in modern Judaism. Eugene B. Borowitz provides insights into his spiritual life and development as a prelude to his discussion of personal faith. His papers illustrate and reflect upon the intellectual religious path that led to the development of his postmodern Jewish theology expressed in his systemic statement of 1991, Renewing the Covenant. His writings reveal how he arrived at his unique position and describe how making this statement instigated the further development of his position. Borowitz then discusses the typical Jewish interest in praxis, what one is to do, rather than in doxis, what one says about one's beliefs, incorporating such issues as aging and Zionism. Finally, he presents his relations with his teacher Abraham J. Heschel, and deals with various interfaith issues through his relations with Arnold J. Wolf (a Jewish peer), John Hick, Frans Josef van Beeck, and Masao Abe (three famous non-Jewish teachers).

University Press of America

Analyzes the structure and logic of aggadic discourse in the Talmud.

The Talmud's Theological Language-Game: A Philosophical Discourse Analysis (Jewish Philosophy)

State University of New York Press

Analyzes the structure and logic of aggadic discourse in the Talmud. In this pioneering effort, noted Jewish philosopher Eugene B. Borowitz opens up the rules by which the language-game of aggadic discourse is carried on in the Talmud, the foundational document of rabbinic and all later Judaism. These findings are compared with the aggadah (the realm in which almost all explicit statements about classic Jewish religious belief occur) of some other early rabbinic writings. Two issues drive Borowitz’s inquiry: What, if anything, constrains the unprecedented freedom of this realm? and How might one positively characterize the aggadah? Borowitz introduces us to the rabbis not only in their amazing profundity, but also in their unguarded humanity. He concludes with a reflection on how this old Jewish language-game should influence contemporary Jewish thought, and, perhaps, other religious thought as well. “Borowitz provides minute (yet always clear) analyses of how aggadah operates logically. He also gives the reader very good and concise discussions of some of the newer, more ‘literary’ … treatments of aggadah by younger scholars.” — The Journal of Religion “As a scholar, philosopher, and rabbinic role-model, Eugene Borowitz made contributions to Jewish thought that spanned six decades. His influence will continue to be felt for generations to come, by rabbis, scholars and laypersons, regardless of denominational affiliation.” — Jewish Book World “This is an important study of rabbinic methodology applying contemporary philosophical hermeneutics to help sort out the unique attributes and content of aggadah. Borowitz provides an excellent review of secondary scholarship in the modern and contemporary period on the nature of rabbinic thought, logic, and discourse.” — Yudit Kornberg Greenberg, author of Better than Wine: Love, Poetry, and Prayer in the Thought of Franz Rosenzweig “Borowitz’s book offers much-needed insight and is simply an invaluable contribution to Jewish philosophy.” — Robert Gibbs, coauthor of Reasoning After Revelation: Dialogues in Postmodern Jewish Philosophy

Borowitz creatively explores his theory of Covenant, linking self to folk and God through the contemporary idiom of relationship.

Renewing the Covenant: A Theology for the Postmodern Jew

JEWISH PUBLICATON SOCIETY

The Jewish Moral Virtues is a book of musar - practical ethical wisdom applied to contemporary life. In form and purpose, it is parallel to William Bennett's bestselling Book of Virtues. Authors Borowitz and Schwartz synthesize traditional scholarship from a wide range of Jewish sources with personal insights into modern ethical dilemmas. Traditionally, Jewish ethical teachers have been concerned with law or general guidance for a good life, i.e., virtue, rather than philosophical meditations upon specific issues. This collection is structured upon the twenty-four virtues selected by a thirteenth-century Roman Jew, Yehiel ben Yekutiel, including trustworthiness, lovingkindness, compassion, generosity, charity, humility, and pure-heartedness, among others, and expands to include wisdom from the ancient rabbis, medieval philosophers, and Yehiel's successors over the past seven centuries.

The Jewish Moral Virtues

Schwartz, Frances Weinman

The Jewish Publication Society

A JPS Scholar of Distinction title 
Noted educator, author, and speaker Eugene Borowitz delivers the fruits of his scholarship with grace in this new addition to the JPS Scholar of Distinction series. Gathered in this single volume are 33 essays covering the themes of modern Jewish theology, education, the history of Reform Judaism in America, Jewish law, ethics, and religious dialogue. This collection will appeal to a wide audience, including rabbis; scholars; and readers of religion, modern Jewish thought, and liturgy.

Studies in the Meaning of Judaism (A JPS Scholar of Distinction Book)

Christian Books & Bibles

Reform Judaism today

Behrman House

Choices in Modern Jewish Thought [paperback] Borowitz, Eugene B. [Jan 01, 1983]

Choices in Modern Jewish Thought

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How can a Jew speak of faith today?

Judaism After Modernity: Papers from a Decade of Fruition

Judaism After Modernity: Papers from a Decade of Fruition

The Talmud's Theological Language-Game: A Philosophical Discourse Analysis (Jewish Philosophy)

The Talmud's Theological Language-Game: A Philosophical Discourse Analysis (Jewish Philosophy)

Renewing the Covenant: A Theology for the Postmodern Jew

The Jewish Moral Virtues

Studies in the Meaning of Judaism (A JPS Scholar of Distinction Book)

Reform Judaism today

Choices in Modern Jewish Thought