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Maimonides, the greatest Jewish philosopher of the Middle Ages, was of the opinion that the principles and methods of metaphysics formed part of the traditional lore of the sages of the Mishnah and…
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Isaac Herzog
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Ireland, Ireland
New York City, United States of America
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1929
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In this way, in addition, the statement in the Talmudic chapter Ha-ro’eh (Berakhot 56) can be explicated: “There are three types of peace—a river, a bird and a cooking…
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Jacob Ettlinger
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Altona, Kingdom of Denmark
(Altona, Germany)
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1850
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A dialogue in the land of the living between our teacher, R. Moses Maimonides, the Spaniard, and our Teacher Moses, son of Menaḥem [Mendelssohn] of Dessau, and an anonymous third person.
On the day of…
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Aaron Halle-Wolfsohn
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Berlin, Kingdom of Prussia
(Berlin, Germany)
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1794–1797
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One widespread misconception concerning Judaism is the notion that Judaism is a religion which is not rooted in dogma. […] To be sure, membership in the community of Israel is not contingent upon a…
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J. David Bleich
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New York, United States of America
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1983
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1. We have now obtained a preliminary articulation of reason and religion; we turn now to the sources of Judaism, out of which the religion of reason should be derived. We ought…
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Hermann Cohen
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1919
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The Talmud is one of the great, classical writings of human civilization—enduring, influential, nourishing. It claims its place among the most successful pieces of writing in the history of humanity…
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Jacob Neusner
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Leiden, Netherlands
(Annandale-on-Hudson, United States of America)
Date:
1997