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Rabbi Abraham Isaac Kook (1865-1935) was the first Ashkenazic
chief rabbi of mandatory Palestine. Admired for the incredible
diversity of his talents and interests--talmudist, halakhist,
kabbalist, mystic, theologian, moralist, poet, and communal
leader--Rav Kook's world outlook extolled breadth and derided
narrow specialization. More than any other Orthodox thinker in
modern times, he addressed, squarely and boldly, the confrontation
between Judaism and the modern world. Kook serves as a natural
model to those Jews who seek a religious understanding of and
response to the culture and politics of the modern age.
Rabbi Abraham Isaac Kook (1865-1935) was the first Ashkenazic chief rabbi of mandatory Palestine. Admired for the incredible diversity of his talents and interests--talmudist, halakhist, kabbalist, mystic, theologian, moralist, poet, and communal leader--Rav Kook's world outlook extolled breadth and derided narrow specialization. More than any other Orthodox thinker in modern times, he addressed, squarely and boldly, the confrontation between Judaism and the modern world. Kook serves as a natural model to those Jews who seek a religious understanding of and response to the culture and politics of the modern age. These essays, most published here for the first time, offer a range of analyses and interpretations covering, in an accessible, systematic, and comprehensive fashion the major areas of Rav Kook's thought. Among the issues discussed are: his relationship to the Jewish mystical, philosophical, and halakhic traditions; poetry and spirituality; harmonism and pluralism; tolerance and its limits; Zionism, messianism, and politics; and Rav Kook today.
National Jewish Book Award Winner Halakhic Man is the classic work of modern Jewish and religious thought by the twentieth century’s preeminent Orthodox Jewish theologian and talmudic scholar, Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik. It is a profound excursion into religious psychology and phenomenology, a pioneering attempt at a philosophy of halakhah, and a stringent critique of mysticism and romantic religion. This 40th anniversary edition features this new scholarly apparatus: • A translator’s preface tracing the book’s reception and evolving influence • A translator’s introduction shedding light on the heart of Soloveitchik’s argument • A list of errata to the original text  • Translator’s annotations explaining Soloveitchik’s references and underlying teachings • A glossary of key terms • A bibliography of works cited in this edition • Two indexes: an index of biblical and rabbinic sources and an index of names and subjects incorporating the edition’s full content.
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