Eugene B. Borowitz: Rethinking God and Ethics (Library of Contemporary Jewish Philosophers)

Author Hava Tirosh-Samuelson; Philip S Bernstein Chair of Jewish Studies Aaron W Hughes

ISBN 10: 9004267565 / ISBN 13: 9789004267565

Published by Brill Academic Pub, 2014

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Eugene B. Borowitz: Rethinking God and Ethics (Library of Contemporary Jewish Philosophers)
• Publisher: Brill Academic Pub
• Publication Date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9004267565
• ISBN 13: 9789004267565
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

Eugene B. Borowitz is Sigmund L. Falk Distinguished Professor of Education and Jewish Religious Thought at Hebrew Union College in New York. A rabbi, teacher of rabbis, and a theologian, Borowitz has been an important spokesperson for non-Orthodox forms of Judaism, Reform Judaism in particular. Over seven decades, Borowitz has explored the centrality of God in Jewish existence, the normative force of Jewish law, the meaning of the Covenant, the distinctiveness of Jewish life, and the meaning of Jewish personhood for non-Orthodox Jews. Adopting the language of religious existentialism, he has reflected on the relational nature of human existence, on the one hand, and human self-determination on the other.
Rethinking God and Ethics presents influential essays by Borowitz and explains his contribution to Jewish religious thought in the 20th century.

Brill mourns the death of Professor Eugene Borowitz, of blessed memory, in January 2016. The LCJP honors his valuable contribution to Jewish theology, ethics, and education.