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We live in an era defined by a sense of separation, even in the
midst of networked connectivity. As cultural climates sour and
divisive political structures spread, we are left wondering about
our ties to each other. Consequently, there is no better time than
now to reconsider ideas of unity. In The Ethics of Oneness, Jeremy
David Engels reads the Bhagavad Gita alongside the works of
American thinkers Ralph Waldo Emerson and Walt Whitman. Drawing on
this rich combination of traditions, Engels presents the notion
that individuals are fundamentally interconnected in their shared
divinity. In other words, everything is one. If the lessons of
oneness are taken to heart, particularly as they were expressed and
celebrated by Whitman, and the ethical challenges of oneness
considered seriously, Engels thinks it is possible to counter the
pervasive and problematic American ideals of hierarchy, exclusion,
violence, and domination.
This is the first critical edition in transcription with facing
English translation of a medieval Sanskrit text that is known in
most parts of India, especially in Bengal. The Krsnakarnamrta
("Nectar to the Ears of Krishna") is a devotional anthology of
stanzas in praise of the youthful Krishna, "the dark blue boy,"
"Lord of Life," lover of the milkmaids in Indian legend, and an
incarnation of the great God Vishnu. Of its importance there can be
no doubt: for many devout Indians it is a Book of Common Prayer,
whose short and ardent hymns to the Lord Krishna come frequently
and familiarly to mind. Frances Wilson here provides a masterly
English translation of this moving expression of religious
adoration. Collating over seventy manuscripts, she has established
an authoritative Sanskrit text, including its literary and critical
history. In the full introduction, she discusses the legends that
have arisen about its author, the mysterious Līlasuka
Bilvamangala. Medieval Sanskrit studies have in the past been much
neglected by European scholars. In breaking free of the classical
traditions of Sanskrit philology, Wilson has produced a work that
is of profound relevance to the study of Indian civilization today.
Contemporary psychology is highly influenced by positivism and
scientific naturalism. Psychological studies make efforts to
control the variables and provide operational definitions of
subjective constructs in order to reach the most concrete
conclusions. Such efforts are admirable in natural sciences since
they have led to a better life. But, this worldview has deprived
contemporary psychology of more qualitative sources of knowledge
like wahy (revelation). The present book introduces Islamic
psychology as a paradigm, which can apply wahy knowledge and
consider religious/spiritual dimensions of humans in scientific
exploration. The first part discusses the possibility, foundations,
and characteristics of Islamic psychology. The second part
introduces research methodology in Islamic psychology. The third
part reviews the Quranic theory of personality and highlights the
concept of shakeleh. Finally, the fourth part presents the theories
and methods of religious psychotherapy in the Islamic tradition.
Each part provides introductory content for readers interested in
Islamic psychology.
Rabbi Jonathan Sacks, Chief Rabbi of the United Hebrew
Congregations of the Commonwealth in the United Kingdom offers a
refreshing and insightful commentary to the Koren Haggada, together
with illuminating essays on the themes and motifs of the Festival
of Freedom. Sensitively translated, the traditional texts are
carefully balanced alongside the Chief Rabbi's contemporary ideas,
in a modern and user-friendly design. With new interpretations and
in-depth analyses of the Passover liturgy and ritual, Rabbi Sacks'
style is engaging, intelligent at times daring in its innovation
and always inspiring. With essay titles as diverse as Pesah, Freud
and Jewish Identity and Pesah and the Rebirth of Israel, as well as
explorations of the role of women in the exodus, and the philosophy
of leadership and nation-building, the Chief Rabbi's Haggada is a
thought-provoking and essential companion at the Seder table.
Found in Translation is at once a themed volume on the translation
of ancient Jewish texts and a Festschrift for Leonard J.
Greenspoon, the Philip M. and Ethel Klutznick Professor in Jewish
Civilization and professor of classical and Near Eastern studies
and of theology at Creighton University in Omaha, Nebraska.
Greenspoon has made significant contributions to the study of
Jewish biblical translations, particularly the ancient translation
of the Hebrew Bible into Greek, known as the Septuagint. This
volume comprises an internationally renowned group of scholars
presenting a wide range of original essays on Bible translation,
the influence of culture on biblical translation, Bible
translations' reciprocal influence on culture, and the translation
of various Jewish texts and collections, especially the Septuagint.
The volume editors have painstakingly planned Found in Translation
to have the broadest scope of any current work on Jewish biblical
translation to reflect Greenspoon's broad impact on the field
throughout an august career.
"The Quran in Plain English: A Simple Translation for Children and
Young People".
Discover the hidden secrets of Torah and Kabbalah through
the
captivating stories of Rebbe Nachman of Breslov.
Rabbi Nachman s stories are among the great classics of Jewish
literature. They have been recognized by Jews and non-Jews alike
for their depth and insight into both the human condition and the
realm of the mysterious. from Aryeh Kaplan s Translator s
Introduction
For centuries, spiritual teachers have told stories to convey
lessons about God and perceptions of the world around us. Hasidic
master Rebbe Nachman of Breslov (1772 1810) perfected this teaching
method through his engrossing and entertaining stories that are
fast-moving, brilliantly structured, and filled with penetrating
insights.
This collection presents the wisdom of Rebbe Nachman, translated
by Rabbi Aryeh Kaplan and accompanied by illuminating commentary
drawn from the works of Rebbe Nachman s pupils. This important work
brings you authentic interpretations of Rebbe Nachman s stories,
allowing you to experience the rich heritage of Torah and Kabbalah
that underlies each word of his inspirational teachings.
A word conventionally imbued with melancholy meanings, "diaspora"
has been used variously to describe the cataclysmic historical
event of displacement, the subsequent geographical scattering of
peoples, or the conditions of alienation abroad and yearning for an
ancestral home. But as Daniel Boyarin writes, diaspora may be more
constructively construed as a form of cultural hybridity or a mode
of analysis. In A Traveling Homeland, he makes the case that a
shared homeland or past and traumatic dissociation are not
necessary conditions for diaspora and that Jews carry their
homeland with them in diaspora, in the form of textual,
interpretive communities built around talmudic study. For Boyarin,
the Babylonian Talmud is a diasporist manifesto, a text that
produces and defines the practices that constitute Jewish diasporic
identity. Boyarin examines the ways the Babylonian Talmud imagines
its own community and sense of homeland, and he shows how talmudic
commentaries from the medieval and early modern periods also
produce a doubled cultural identity. He links the ongoing
productivity of this bifocal cultural vision to the nature of the
book: as the physical text moved between different times and
places, the methods of its study developed through contact with
surrounding cultures. Ultimately, A Traveling Homeland envisions
talmudic study as the center of a shared Jewish identity and a
distinctive feature of the Jewish diaspora that defines it as a
thing apart from other cultural migrations.
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