Description: Further DetailsTitle: The Love of GodCondition: NewEAN: 9780691164298ISBN: 9780691164298Publisher: Princeton University PressFormat: HardbackRelease Date: 10/20/2015Item Height: 216mmItem Length: 140mmItem Weight: 454gAuthor: Jon D. LevensonLanguage: EnglishSubtitle: Divine Gift, Human Gratitude, and Mutual Faithfulness in JudaismISBN-10: 0691164290Description: The love of God is perhaps the most essential element in Judaism--but also one of the most confounding. In biblical and rabbinic literature, the obligation to love God appears as a formal commandment. Yet most people today think of love as a feeling. How can an emotion be commanded? How could one ever fulfill such a requirement? The Love of God places these scholarly and existential questions in a new light. Jon Levenson traces the origins of the concept to the ancient institution of covenant, showing how covenantal love is a matter neither of sentiment nor of dry legalism. The love of God is instead a deeply personal two-way relationship that finds expression in God's mysterious love for the people of Israel, who in turn observe God's laws out of profound gratitude for his acts of deliverance. Levenson explores how this bond has survived episodes in which God's love appears to be painfully absent--as in the brutal persecutions of Talmudic times--and describes the intensely erotic portrayals of the relationship by biblical prophets and rabbinic interpreters of the Song of Songs.He examines the love of God as a spiritual discipline in the Middle Ages as well as efforts by two influential modern Jewish thinkers--Martin Buber and Franz Rosenzweig--to recover this vital but endangered aspect of their tradition. A breathtaking work of scholarship and spirituality alike that is certain to provoke debate, The Love of God develops fascinating insights into the foundations of religious life in the classical Jewish tradition.Country/Region of Manufacture: USGenre: Philosophy & SpiritualityBook Series: Library of Jewish IdeasRelease Year: 2015 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
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Publication Name: The Love of God
Title: The Love of God
EAN: 9780691164298
ISBN: 9780691164298
Release Date: 10/20/2015
Release Year: 2015
Subtitle: Divine Gift, Human Gratitude, and Mutual Faithfulness in Judaism
ISBN-10: 0691164290
Country/Region of Manufacture: US
Series: Library of Jewish Ideas
Book Title: Love of God : Divine Gift, Human Gratitude, and Mutual Faithfulness in Judaism
Number of Pages: 264 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Publication Year: 2015
Item Height: 0.9 in
Topic: Judaism / History, General, Judaism / Theology, Jewish Studies
Genre: Religion, Social Science
Item Weight: 16 Oz
Item Length: 9.1 in
Author: Jon D. Levenson
Item Width: 5.5 in
Book Series: Library of Jewish Ideas Ser.
Format: Hardcover
