Introduction to "Scholarly Man of Faith: Studies in the Thought and Writings of Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik"

Abstract

These parallel developments impelled us to organize a joint conference, under the auspices of both the Friedman Chair for Teaching the Thought of Rav Soloveitchik at Bar-Ilan University and Yeshiva University in New York, at which scholars would discuss the thoughts of the Rav. The two volumes that have emerged, in English and in Hebrew, bring the fruits of those conference proceedings to the reader. We hope and trust that these studies of the Rav's words and teachings will constitute a meaningful intellectual experience, and will also contribute to a further understanding of the complex challenges that stand before his students, and their students. (from Introduction)