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Title: | Texts, values, and historical change: Reflections on the dynamics of Jewish law |
Authors: | Berger, David Harris, Michael J. Rynhold, Daniel Wright, Tamra |
Keywords: | Radical responsibility Jewish thought Sacks, Jonathan, 1948-2020 --Teachings. Jewish philosophy --Influence. Jewish law --Philosophy. Judaism --Social aspects. |
Issue Date: | 2012 |
Publisher: | Maggid Books |
Citation: | Berger, D. (2012). Texts, values, and historical change: Reflections on the dynamics of Jewish law. (2012). In M. J. Harris, D. Rynhold, &, T. Wright, (Eds.) Radical responsibility: Celebrating the thought of Chief Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks (pp. 201-216). Maggid Books. |
Series/Report no.: | Bernard Revel Faculty Publications;2012 |
Abstract: | The image of Jewish law as a self-contained fortress impervious to the slings and anows of external fortunes or extra-legal ideologies and values has been nurtured by two ve1y different forces. For centuries, even millennia, Christian authors depicted Judaism as a legalistic religion indifferent to considerations of loving-kindness and grace. As Paul succinctly puts it, "The letter kills, but the spirit gives life" (2 Cor 3:6). An early Protestant joke told of a Catholic priest who mistakenly placed an inedible object in the mouth of a communicant; after waiting an intolerably long time for it to melt on his tongue, the parishioner exclaimed, "Father! You have made a mistake. You have given me God the Father. He is so hard and tough He will never dissolve." |
Description: | Scholarly book chapter |
URI: | https://www.academia.edu/44323398/David_Berger_Texts_Values_and_Historical_Change_Reflections_on_the_Dynamics_of_Jewish_Law_in_Michael_J_Harris_Daniel_Rynhold_and_Tamra_Wright_eds_Radical_Responsibility_Celebrating_the_Thought_of_Chief_Rabbi_Lord_Jonathan_Sacks_Jerusalem_Maggid_Books_2012_201_216?sm=b https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12202/9231 |
ISBN: | 978-1592643660 |
Appears in Collections: | Bernard Revel Graduate School of Jewish Studies (BRGS): Faculty Publications |
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