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About God, Man And History
Product Description God, Man and History examines the underpinnings of Judaism as a whole, from theology to law to the meaning of Jewish nationhood. From Publishers Weekly Born in 1908 in Romania, Berkovits was educated in Berlin before he was forced to flee Germany in the late 1930s. After serving in rabbinates in England, Australia and Boston, he joined the faculty of Hebrew Theological College in Chicago in 1958. Although he wrote 19 books and numerous articles, his name is less familiar today than some of his contemporaries like Martin Buber or Abraham Joshua Heschel. Perhaps the republication of this, his "keystone" work, will attract more attention to the Jewish philosopher, who died in 1992. "In contrast to other twentieth-century thinkers, who employed the classic Jewish sources to defend a modernist outlook . Berkovits's work offers an argument for the independence and validity of a traditional Jewish worldview in a style more reminiscent of Judah Halevi, Maimonides, and Sa'adia Gaon," writes Hazony, a Ph.D. candidate at Hebrew University in Jerusalem. As Hazony notes, Berkovits's writing is challenging and methodical, but intellectually rewarding. Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. Review " God, Man and History is cause for celebration in the Jewish and academic worlds" -- Dr. David Ellenson, President of Hebrew Union College "David Hazony has done a remarkable service to the Jewish world by re-issuing Eliezer Berkovits masterwork." -- Rabbi Tzvi Hersh Weinreb, Executive Vice President of the Orthodox Union "Hazony has done a great service to a new generation of Jews concerned with the central issues of our time." -- David Novak, J.Richard and Dorothy Shiff Professor of Jewish Studies, University of Toronto From the Publisher Please remove David Hazony's blog from this book details page. Thanks Marina Pilipodi Managing Editor The Shalem Press About the Author A theologian, philosopher, communal rabbi, and teacher, Eliezer Berkovits was one of the most significant and outstanding Jewish thinkers of the twentieth century. His thought crosses denominational boundaries and stakes out a bold framework for Judaism. Berkovits approach to texts, tradition, and Jewish philosophy serves as a guide for a revival of Jewish thought capable of addressing the challenges facing Jews in Israel and around the world in our time. Berkovits was born in Romania in 1908 and received his rabbinical and philosophical training in the 1930s at the famous Hildesheimer Rabbinical Seminary in Berlin and a PhD in philosophy from the University of Berlin. After escaping Germany in 1938, Berkovits served as a communal rabbi in Leeds, Sydney, and Boston before assuming the chair of the philosophy department at Chicagos Hebrew Theological College in 1958. He taught philosophy until 1975, when he moved to Israel, where he concentrated on writing until his death in 1992. David Hazony is Editor-in-chief of Azure: Ideas for the Jewish Nation, a journal of Jewish history, politics, and philosophy published by the Shalem Center. He is also the editor of Essential Essays on Judaism by Eliezer Berkovits (Shalem Press, 2002). Hazony received his M.A. at Yeshiva University and is currently working on his PhD in Jewish Thought from the Hebrew University in Jerusalem. He lives in Jerusalem with his wife and children.
