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Book cover image of Exploring the Thought of Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik by Marc D. Angel

Authors: Marc D. Angel
ISBN-13: 9780881255782, ISBN-10: 0881255785
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: KTAV Publishing House, Inc.
Date Published: August 1997
Edition: (Non-applicable)

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Author Biography: Marc D. Angel

Book Synopsis

Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik served for more than forty years as the preeminent authority of centrist Orthodoxy, both as a halakhic decisor and interpreter of Jewish thought and theology. In his own person he demonstrated that the ideal Torah sage is creative, open-minded, compassionate, visionary and realist, profoundly committed to the world of Torah and Jewish law - and at the same time a sophisticated modern thinker. His contributions have inspired his many students and others to revisit his writings and lectures in order to better fathom his work. This collection of essays provides a panoramic view of the many vital subjects on which he held forth, and thus is a superb introduction to the work of this remarkable figure.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments
About the Contributors
Introduction
Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchick as Posek of Post-Modern Orthodoxy3
The Unity and Structure of Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik's Thought25
Hermeneutics in the Thought of Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik57
The Lonely Man of Faith Confronts the Ish Ha-Halakhah89
Of Eagle's Flight and Snail's Pace109
"Ger ve-Toshav Anokhi": Modernity and Traditionalism in the Life and Thought of Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik125
Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik and the Philosophy of Halakha147
Towards a Genuine Jewish Philosophy179
Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik's Early Epistemology209
Repentant Man - A High Level in Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik's Typology of Man229
Creative Repentance: On Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik's Concept of Teshuvah263
The Centrality of Creativity in the Thought of Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik277
On the Jewish People in the Writings of Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik293
Pluralism and the Category of the Ethical325

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