Theological and Philosophical Premises of Judaism (Hardcover, New)

The sanctification of Israel, the people, endures 1] in the absence of the cult and 2] in alien, unclean territory and 3] whatever the source of the food that Israel eats. Israel s sanctity is eternal, un-contingent, absolute. The sanctification that inheres in Israel, the people, transcends the Land and outlives the Temple and its cult. Since the sanctity of Israel, the people, persists beyond the Temple and outside of the Land, that sanctity stands at a higher point in the hierarchy of domains of the holy that ascend from earth to heaven and from Man to God. That theological construction (Chapters One, Two and Three) gained support from a science and a philosophy (Chapters Four, Five, and Six) that accomplished the hierarchical classification of nature and of the social order. Nature and society arose from the complex to the simple, and conversely the many descended from the one. These represented the theological givens, sustained by the philosophical premises, of Judaism. The law constructed its propositions upon generalizations that pertained universally, so bringing the Israelite norms into accord with natural law. This emerges in the way in which the law sorted out mixtures by their types, fully in line with the Stoic theory of mixtures. The philosophical categorization and classification of the power of intentionality, shaded over into the consideration of classes of causation and responsibility in the Aristotelian manner from deliberate to inadvertent. But how does Judaism integrate into a coherent system its premises, the theological propositions, and its recurrent analytical protocols, the philosophical principles. The book sets forth the integrating conceptions in Chapters Seven and Eight. The philosophical and theological components are integrated in an encompassing composition.

General

Imprint:	Academic Studies Press
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	June 2023
First published:	May 2008
Authors:	Jacob Neusner (Research Professor of Religion and Theology)
Dimensions:	234 x 156 x 20mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	236
Edition:	New
ISBN-13:	978-1-934843-19-2
Categories:	Books > Humanities > Philosophy > General Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > Non-Christian religions > Judaism > General Books > Philosophy > General Books > Religion & Spirituality > Non-Christian religions > Judaism > General
LSN:	1-934843-19-9
Barcode:	9781934843192

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