1st Edition

Hebrew Language and Jewish Thought

By David Patterson Copyright 2005
256 Pages
by Routledge

252 Pages
by Routledge

256 Pages
by Routledge

Drawing on more than three hundred Hebrew roots, the author shows that Jewish thought employs Hebrew concepts and categories that are altogether distinct from those that characterize the Western speculative tradition. Among the key categories that shape Jewish thought are holiness, divinity, humanity, prayer, responsibility, exile, dwelling, gratitude, and language itself. While the... Read more
Introduction  1. Opening Remarks on the Holy Tongue  2. First Things  3. Giving Voice to G-d  4. The Good  5. For the Sake of Another  6. The Soul  7. Exile  8. Dwelling  9. The House of the Book  10. The Word  11. The Holy  12. Closing Remarks.  Hebrew Roots of Words Examined

Biography

David Patterson holds the Bornblum Chair in Judaic Studies at the University of Memphis. He has written numerous books on Jewish thought, Holocaust studies, and other topics. He received the Koret Jewish Book Award for his study of Holocaust diaries Along the Edge of Annihilation (1999).