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Abstract / Summary

The present volume honors Rabbi Professor Nehemia Polen, one of those rare scholars whose religious teachings, spiritual writings, and academic scholarship have come together into a sustained project of interpretive imagination and engagement. Without compromising his intellectual integrity, his work brings forth the sacred from the mundane and expands the reach of Torah. He has shown us a path in which narrow scholarship is directly linked to a quest for ever-broadening depth and connectivity. The essays in this collection, from his students, colleagues, and friends, are a testament to his enduring impact on the scholarly community. The contributions explore a range of historical periods and themes, centering upon the fields dear to Polen’s heart, but a common thread unites them. Each essay is grounded in deeply engaged textual scholarship casting a glance upon the sources that is at once critical and beneficent. As a whole, they seek to give readers a richer sense of the fabric of Jewish interpretation and theology, from the history of Jewish mysticism, the promise and perils of exegesis, and the contemporary relevance of premodern and early modern texts.

Field of Interest

Religion & Thought

Copyright Message

Copyright © 2019 Academic Studies Press

Content Type

General reference book

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Text

Page Count

438

Publication Year

2019

Publisher

Academic Studies Press

Place Published / Released

Brighton, MA

Subject

Religion & Thought, Social Sciences, Theology, نظام اللاهوت, Théologie, al-Kalām, Theologie, תֵאוֹלוֹגִיָה, Teologia, Teología, Nehemia Polen, 1930-, Chasidic, Jews, Attitudes toward, Orthodox Judaism, Jews

Series / Program

Jewish Thought, Jewish History: New Studies

Keywords and Translated Subjects

نظام اللاهوت, Théologie, al-Kalām, Theologie, תֵאוֹלוֹגִיָה, Teologia, Teología