Rav Avraham Itzhak Hacohen Kook

Rav Avraham Itzhak Hacohen Kook
Author: Benjamin Ish-Shalom
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Total Pages: 374
Release: 2012-02-01
Genre: History
ISBN: 1438407637

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This is the first comprehensive philosophical-theological study of the mystical thought of Rabbi Abraham Isaac Kook (1865-1935), the Chief Rabbi of Palestine prior to the establishment of the state of Israel, and the great representative of the most significant renewal of the Jewish mystical thought in modern times. Rav Kook was the spiritual and hallachic authority who laid the foundation of religious Zionism. Discontent with "Hamizrakhi" political pragmatism, he envisioned Zionism as a movement of return and all-encompassing Jewish renaissance. This book dissolves the mist enveloping Rav Kook's writings and offers an understanding of his spiritual world. It presents and analyzes the systematic elements in his teaching and reveals the spiritual interests and fundamental approaches of his religious thought.

Stories from the Life of Rav Kook

Stories from the Life of Rav Kook
Author: Masha Fridman
Publisher:
Total Pages: 104
Release: 1988
Genre: Jerusalem
ISBN: 9780944921005

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Incidents from the life of a European Jew who fulfilled a lifelong dream when he became the first Chief Rabbi of Israel.

An Angel Among Men

An Angel Among Men
Author: Simcha Raz
Publisher:
Total Pages: 522
Release: 2003
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN:

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"Rav Avraham Yitzchak HaKohen Kook zt"l had brilliance and depth of knowledge that were simply otherworldly; his devotion to God was supernal; and his character traits were heavenly. At the same time, however - and perhaps more important - he was an exemplary human being. Although he strove for personal, spiritual perfection, he was more concerned with helping others come closer to God. He was constantly involved in the affairs of his people, doing everything in his power to ease their pain, raise their pride, and pave the way for their ultimate redemption in their ancestral Land."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved

Eretz Yisrael

Eretz Yisrael
Author: Abraham Isaac Kook
Publisher:
Total Pages: 235
Release: 1996
Genre: Jews
ISBN: 9789659011445

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Sparks of light

Sparks of light
Author: Gideon Weitzman
Publisher: Jason Aronson Inc
Total Pages: 339
Release: 1999-09-01
Genre:
ISBN:

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The author writes: Rabbi Avraham Yitzhak HaCohen Kook (5635-5695/1865-1935) was one of the greatest Jewish leaders of recent history. He was steeped in Jewish knowledge of all kinds, a master of halacha, Talmud, and Jewish philosophy, and he also had a good knowledge of the general philosophy and science of his day.

Beit HaRav Kook

Beit HaRav Kook
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 8
Release: 1987
Genre: Rabbis
ISBN:

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Rabbi Abraham Isaac Kook and Jewish Spirituality

Rabbi Abraham Isaac Kook and Jewish Spirituality
Author: Lawrence J. Kaplan
Publisher: NYU Press
Total Pages: 363
Release: 1995
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0814746527

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This book offers a range of analyses and interpretations covering the major areas of Rabbi Abraham Isaac 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; and Zionism, messianism, and politics.

Nietzsche, Soloveitchik, and Contemporary Jewish Philosophy

Nietzsche, Soloveitchik, and Contemporary Jewish Philosophy
Author: Daniel Rynhold
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 331
Release: 2018-06-28
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1108619754

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What does one do as a Jewish philosopher if one is convinced by much of the Nietzschean critique of religion? Is there a contemporary Jewish philosophical theology that can convince in a post-metaphysical age? The argument of this book is that Rabbi Joseph Soloveitchik (1903–1993) - the leading twentieth-century exponent of Modern Orthodoxy - presents an interpretation of halakhic Judaism, grounded in traditional sources, that brings a life-affirming Nietzschean sensibility to the religious life. Soloveitchik develops a form of Judaism replete with key Nietzschean ideas, which parries Nietzsche's critique by partially absorbing it. This original study of Soloveitchik's philosophy highlights his unique contribution to Jewish thought for students and scholars in Jewish studies, while also revealing his wider significance for those working more broadly in fields such as philosophy and religious studies.

Animal Theologians

Animal Theologians
Author: Andrew Linzey
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 473
Release: 2023
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 0197655548

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Many people who have thought about God have not thought about animals, or about the relationship between the two. But among those who have are some of the most celebrated religious thinkers, including Michel de Montaigne, Thomas Tryon, John Wesley, John Ruskin, Leo Tolstoy, Mohandas K. Gandhi, Albert Schweitzer, and Paul Tillich. This volume comprises 24 scholarly studies that detail challenges to the dominant anthropocentrism of most religious traditions. The editors have brought together Jewish, Unitarian, Christian, transcendentalist, Muslim, Hindu, Dissenting, deist, and Quaker voices, each offering a unique theological perspective that counters the neglect of the nonhuman. Animal Theologians is divided into three parts starting with the pioneers who first saw a relationship between animals and divinity, those who contributed to the expansion of social sensibility to animals, and ending with the work of contemporary theologians. The essays in this volume use contextual and historical background to describe what led animal theologians to their beliefs, and then pave way for further developments in this expanding field. This volume is an act of reclaiming different religious traditions for animals by recovering lost voices.