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Title: The History of the Tosafists and their Literary Corpus According to Rav Soloveitchik's Interpretations of the Qinot for Tishah B'av
Authors: Kanarfogel, Ephraim
Kanarfogel, Ephraim
Schwartz, Dov
0000-0002-7539-7802
Keywords: Jewish law
Jewish studies
high middle ages
Issue Date: 2018
Publisher: New York : The Michael Scharf Publication Trust of the Yeshiva University Press
Citation: Kanarfogel, E. (2018). The History of the Tosafists and their Literary Corpus According to Rav Soloveitchik's Interpretations of the Qinot for Tishah B'av. In Ephraim Kanarfogel & Dov Schwartz (eds.), "Scholarly Man of Faith", (pp. 75-107), New York : The Michael Scharf Publication Trust of the Yeshiva University Press.
Abstract: Although Rav Soloveitchik was well aware of the events of his day and of important events from both the Jewish past and from the broader history of the world, he evinced little interest, at least in hisĀ· published works and public lectures, in pursuing the details of history with any depth. Historical events were sometimes used to flavor his discourses, but his main interaction with them (and with histqrical theory more broadly) was to incorporate them into his philosophical and theological teachings and categories, in order to learn from them about the human condition and obligations, in both the halakhic and philosophical realms.'
Description: Scholarly book chapter
URI: https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12202/8485
ISBN: 9789655242812
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