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If it can be said that theology is the philosophical examination of a religion by an insider, then the present collection of essays by Shubert Spero offers us the proper formula for a truly authentic work. The author sets out to rigorously yet sensitively investigate some of the basic concepts and principles of classical Judaism. The topics addressed range from the familiar-"Is God Knowable?" and "Justifying Religious Belief"-to the unusual-"Judaism and the Aesthetic," "Does Judaism Have a Theory of Self?" and "Does Messianism Imply Inevitability?" Current issues are not neglected, and are addressed in sections such as "Religious Zionism: What is it?" and "The Ethical Theory of Judaism." While critical and analytic throughout, the author's style is clear and uncluttered and uses arguments to convince rather than to impress. Neither apologetic nor unnecessarily provocative, Shubert Spero provides a fresh approach to the neglected yet vital domain of Jewish theology.

Judaism --- Jewish theology --- Theology, Jewish --- Doctrines.

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Holocaust (Jewish theology) --- Jewish philosophy. --- Judaism --- Philosophy, Jewish. --- Doctrines. --- Holocaust (Jewish theology). --- Jewish philosophy --- Jewish theology --- Theology, Jewish --- Jews --- Philosophy, Jewish --- Philosophy, Israeli --- Good and evil --- Theodicy --- Doctrines --- Philosophy --- Religious aspects

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This book presents an alternative reading of the respective works of Moses Maimonides and Baruch Spinoza. It argues that both thinkers are primarily concerned with the singular perfection of the complete human being rather than with attaining only rational knowledge. Complete perfection of a human being expresses the unique concord of concrete activities, such as ethics, politics, and psychology, with reason. The necessity of concrete historical activities in generating perfection entails that both thinkers are not primarily concerned with an “escape” to a metaphysical realm of transcendent or universal truths via cognition. Instead, both are focused on developing and cultivating individuals’ concrete desires and activities to the potential benefit of all. This book argues that rather than solely focusing on individual enlightenment, both thinkers are primarily concerned with a political life and the improvement of fellow citizens’ capacities. A key theme throughout the text is that both Maimonides and Spinoza realize that an apolitical life undermines individual and social flourishing.

Perfection. --- Judaism—Doctrines. --- Metaphysics. --- Jewish Theology. --- Philosophy --- God --- Ontology --- Philosophy of mind

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This book aims to construct a contemporary Jewish philosophy that accounts for virtue ethics or, rather, to give Jewish virtue ethics a contemporary language for its expression. Ira Bedzow draws significantly on the work of Moses Maimonides and his religio-philosophical explanation of Jewish ethics. However, Bedzow moves away from various aspects of Maimonides’s Aristotelian biology, physics, metaphysics, and psychology. The objective of the volume is to integrate the normative principles of the Jewish tradition into everyday life. While the book translates Jewish ethics from a medieval, Aristotelian framework into a contemporary one, it also serves as a means for Judaism to continue as a living tradition. .

Religion. --- Judaism --- Judaism and culture. --- Religion --- Religious Studies. --- Jewish Theology. --- Jewish Cultural Studies. --- Philosophy of Religion. --- Doctrines. --- Philosophy. --- Culture and Judaism --- Jewish theology --- Theology, Jewish --- Religion, Primitive --- Judaism-Doctrines. --- Mental philosophy --- Humanities --- Culture --- Judaism—Doctrines. --- Religion—Philosophy.

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Apocalyptic literature --- Apocalyptic literature. --- Apokalyptik. --- Auferstehung. --- Littérature apocalyptique --- Littérature sapientiale --- Resurrection (Jewish theology). --- Resurrection (Jewish theology). --- Résurrection --- Wisdom literature --- Wisdom literature. --- History and criticism. --- Histoire et critique. --- Critique, interprétation, etc. --- Judaïsme. --- Criticism, interpretation, etc. --- Israel