The Religious Genius in Rabbi Kook's Thought: National "Saint"?

The postmodernist experience is associated with a strong interest in the concepts of saints and religious genius. In this volume, Dov Schwartz considers the questions related to these ideas through his close analysis of Rabbi Abraham Isaac Hakohen Kook. This figure is revered by Zionists as a foundi...

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Beteilige Person: Schwartz, Dov (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: Boston, MA Academic Studies Press [2014]
Schriftenreihe:Reference Library of Jewish Intellectual History
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Links:https://doi.org/10.1515/9781618114068
https://doi.org/10.1515/9781618114068
https://doi.org/10.1515/9781618114068
https://doi.org/10.1515/9781618114068
https://doi.org/10.1515/9781618114068
https://doi.org/10.1515/9781618114068
https://doi.org/10.1515/9781618114068
https://doi.org/10.1515/9781618114068
Zusammenfassung:The postmodernist experience is associated with a strong interest in the concepts of saints and religious genius. In this volume, Dov Schwartz considers the questions related to these ideas through his close analysis of Rabbi Abraham Isaac Hakohen Kook. This figure is revered by Zionists as a founding father of the Zionist movement. Religious Zionists see him, additionally, as an unquestioned spiritual and altruistic authority with extraordinary halakhic, philosophical, and Kabbalistic intuitions. While Rabbi Kook has often been studied through historical and philosophical disciplines, this book addresses the degree to which his writings can prove to be beneficial to the postmodern discourse. It examines Rabbi Kook’s ideas in the religious Zionist context, analyzing the concept of the perfect man in Rabbi Kook's philosophy in light of the postmodern discourse on saints
Beschreibung:Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 21. Dez 2019)
Umfang:1 online resource (228 pages)
ISBN:9781618114068
DOI:10.1515/9781618114068