Judaism's Great Debates: Timeless Controversies from Abraham to Herzl by Schwartz, Barry L.
Judaism's Great Debates: Timeless Controversies from Abraham to Herzl by Schwartz, Barry L.

Judaism's Great Debates: Timeless Controversies from Abraham to Herzl

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Judaism's Great Debates: Timeless Controversies from Abraham to Herzl by Schwartz, Barry L.

Judaism's Great Debates: Timeless Controversies from Abraham to Herzl

$32.26
Judaism's Great Debates: Timeless Controversies from Abraham to Herzl by Schwartz, Barry L.

Judaism's Great Debates: Timeless Controversies from Abraham to Herzl

$32.26
Author: Barry L. Schwartz
Format: Paperback
Language: English
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Thanks to these generous donors for making the publication of this book possible: David Lerman and Shelley Wallock; D. Walter Cohen, Wendy and Leonard Cooper; Rabbi Howard Gorin; Gittel and Alan Hilibrand; Marjorie and Jeffrey Major; Jeanette Lerman Neubauer and Joe Neubauer; Gayle and David Smith; and Harriet and Donald Young.

Ever since Abraham's famous argument with God, Judaism has been full of debate. Moses and Korah, David and Nathan, Hillel and Shammai, the Vilna Gaon and the Ba'al Shem Tov, Spinoza and the Amsterdam Rabbis . . . the list goes on. Jews debate justice, authority, inclusion, spirituality, resistance, evolution, Zionism, and more. No wonder that Judaism cherishes the expression machloket l'shem shamayim, "an argument for the sake of heaven." In this concise but important survey, Rabbi Barry L. Schwartz presents the provocative and vibrant thesis that debate and disputation are not only encouraged within Judaism but reside at the very heart of Jewish history and theology. In his graceful, engaging, and creative prose, Schwartz presents an introduction to an intellectual history of Judaism through the art of argumentation.
Beyond their historical importance, what makes these disputations so compelling is that nearly all of them, regardless of their epochs, are still being argued. Schwartz builds the case that the basis of Judaism is a series of unresolved rather than resolved arguments.
Drawing on primary sources, and with a bit of poetic license, Schwartz reconstructs the real or imagined dialogue of ten great debates and then analyzes their significance and legacy. This parade of characters spanning three millennia of biblical, rabbinic, and modern disputation reflects the panorama of Jewish history with its monumental political, ethical, and spiritual challenges.

Author: Barry L. Schwartz
Publisher: Jewish Publication Society
Published: 07/01/2012
Pages: 128
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.35lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.40w x 0.50d
ISBN: 9780827611313


Review Citation(s):
Booklist 06/01/2012 pg. 4
Publishers Weekly 06/18/2012 pg. 56

About the Author
Rabbi Barry L. Schwartz is the director of The Jewish Publication Society in Philadelphia and the spiritual leader of Congregation Adas Emuno in Leonia, New Jersey. He is the author of the acclaimed textbook Jewish Heroes, Jewish Values and several other works. Judaism's Great Debates is also available in a student edition by Behrman House, Inc.

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