Rabbinic Creativity in the Modern Middle East provides a window for
readers of English around the world into hitherto almost
inaccessible halakhic and ideational writings expressing major
aspects of the cultural intellectual creativity of
Sephardic-Oriental rabbis in modern times. The text has three
sections: Iraq, Syria, and Egypt, and each section discusses a
range of original sources that reflect and represent the creativity
of major rabbinic figures in these countries. The contents of the
writings of these Sephardic rabbis challenge many commonly held
views regarding Judaism's responses to modern challenges. By
bringing an additional, non-Western voice into the intellectual
arena, this book enriches the field of contemporary discussions
regarding the present and future of Judaism. In addition, it
focuses attention on the fact that not only was Judaism a Middle
Eastern phenomenon for most of its existence but that also in
recent centuries important and interesting aspects of Judaism
developed in the Middle East. Both Jews and non-Jews will be
enriched and challenged by this non-Eurocentric view of modern
Judaic creativity.
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