The philosophical quest : of philosophy, ethics, law and Halakhah /

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Main Author: Bleich, J. David
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New Milford, CT : Maggid Books, 2013
Edition:First edition
Series:Riets Hashkafah series
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: The challenge of faith commitment
  • Faith and dogma in Judaism
  • The thirteen principles of faith
  • Divide unity in Maimonides, the Tosafists and the Meiri
  • Was Spinoza a Jewish philosopher?
  • Lo ba-shamayim hi : a philosophical pilpul
  • Judaism and natural law
  • Is there an ethic beyond halakhah?
  • Duran's view of the nature of Providence
  • Providence in the philosophy of Hasdai Crescas and Joseph Albo
  • Tikkun olam : Jewish obligations in a non-Jewish society
  • Maimonides on the distinction between science and pseudoscience
  • The problem of identity in Rashi, Rambam and the Tosafists
  • Resurrection and personal identity
  • The metaphysics of property interests in Jewish law : an analysis of kinyan
  • Is there a right to physician-assisted suicide?
  • The physician as a conscientious objector
  • Godtalk : should religion inform public debate?