One of the most powerful traditions of the Jewish fascination with
language is that of the Name. Indeed, the Jewish mystical tradition
would seem a two millennia long meditation on the nature of name in
relation to object, and how name mediates between subject and
object. Even within the tide of the 20th century's linguistic turn,
the aspect most notable in - the almost entirely secular - Jewish
philosophers is that of the personal name, here given pivotal
importance in the articulation of human relationships and dialogue.
The Name of God in Jewish Thought examines the texts of Judaism
pertaining to the Name of God, offering a philosophical analysis of
these as a means of understanding the metaphysical role of the name
generally, in terms of its relationship with identity. The book
begins with the formation of rabbinic Judaism in Late Antiquity,
travelling through the development of the motif into the Medieval
Kabbalah, where the Name reaches its grandest and most systematic
statement - and the one which has most helped to form the ideas of
Jewish philosophers in the 20th and 21st Century. This
investigation will highlight certain metaphysical ideas which have
developed within Judaism from the Biblical sources, and which
present a direct challenge to the paradigms of western philosophy.
Thus a grander subtext is a criticism of the Greek metaphysics of
being which the west has inherited, and which Jewish philosophers
often subject to challenges of varying subtlety; it is these
philosophers who often place a peculiar emphasis on the personal
name, and this emphasis depends on the historical influence of the
Jewish metaphysical tradition of the Name of God. Providing a
comprehensive description of historical aspects of Jewish
Name-Theology, this book also offers new ways of thinking about
subjectivity and ontology through its original approach to the
nature of the name, combining philosophy with text-critical
analysis. As such, it is an essential resource for students and
scholars of Jewish Studies, Philosophy and Religion.
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