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Winner of the 2016 Goldstein-Goren Award for the best book in Jewish Thought At once a study of biblical theology and modern Jewish thought, this volume describes a "participatory theory of revelation" as it addresses the ways biblical authors and contemporary theologians alike understand the process of revelation and hence the authority of the law. Benjamin Sommer maintains that the Pentateuch's authors intend not only to convey God's will but to express Israel's interpretation of and response to that divine will. Thus Sommer's close readings of biblical texts bolster liberal theologies of modern Judaism, especially those of Abraham Joshua Heschel and Franz Rosenzweig. This bold view of revelation puts a premium on human agency and attests to the grandeur of a God who accomplishes a providential task through the free will of the human subjects under divine authority. Yet, even though the Pentateuch's authors hold diverse views of revelation, all of them regard the binding authority of the law as sacrosanct. Sommer's book demonstrates why a law-observant religious Jew can be open to discoveries about the Bible that seem nontraditional or even antireligious.

Jewish philosophy --- Revelation on Sinai --- Revelation --- Rabbinical literature --- Authority --- סמכות --- السلطة --- ספרות רבנית --- أدب الحاخامات --- התגלות --- ההתגלות בסיני --- Sinai revelation --- מעמד הר סיני --- מתן תורה --- Commandments (Judaism) --- Jewish law --- Judaism --- פילוסופיה יהודית --- الفلسفة اليهودية --- Philosophy --- History and criticism --- Religious aspects --- היבטים דתיים --- יהדות --- أبعاد دينية --- اليهودية --- היסטוריה וביקורת --- تاريخ ونقد --- פילוסופיה --- Doctrines --- History --- היסטוריה --- Rosenzweig, Franz, --- Heschel, Abraham Joshua, --- Хешель, Авраам Иехошуа, --- השל, אברהם יהושע, --- Heshel, Abraham J. --- アブラハム・ヘシェル, --- A. J. ヘッシェル, --- A. J. Hessheru, --- A. J. Hesheru, --- השיל, אברהם יהושע --- העשל, אברהם יהושע, --- השיל, אברהם יהושע בן משה מרדכי --- השל, אברהם יהושע בן משה מרדכי --- רוזנצויג, פרנץ, --- Rozenzweig, Franz, --- Rozentsṿaig, Frants, --- Rozentsṿaig, F. --- Rozentsṿig, Frants, --- רוזנצוייג, פראנץ --- רוזנצווייג, פראנץ בן גיאורג --- רוזנצווייג, יהודה בן שמואל --- Bible --- תנ"ך --- Criticism, interpretation, etc. --- Methodology --- Theology --- תיאולוגיה --- Teachings --- ביקורת, פרשנות וכד' --- מתודולוגיה --- Criticism, Higher --- Interpretation --- Higher criticism --- Literary criticism --- Hermeneutics --- Heschel, Abraham Joshua --- Influence. --- Bible. --- Revelation on Sinai. --- Rosenzweig, Franz, - 1886-1929 --- Heschel, Abraham Joshua, - 1907-1972