Torah Umadda: The Encounter of Religious Learning and Wordly Knowledge in the Jewish Tradition

Lamm, Norman

ISBN 10: 0876688105 / ISBN 13: 9780876688106

Published by Jason Aronson Inc, 1990

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Hardcover. Condition: Very good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very good. Clean, crisp copy with no markings or underlining and clean dust jacket.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Torah Umadda: The Encounter of Religious Learning and Wordly Knowledge in the Jewish Tradition
• Publisher: Jason Aronson Inc
• Publication Date: 1990
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0876688105
• ISBN 13: 9780876688106
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
• Dimensions: 1.91W x 15.88H x 23.5D centimeters 1.91 centimeters width by 15.88 centimeters height by 23.5 centimeters depth
• Weight: 590 grams

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Synopsis

Lamm, president of Yeshiva University, examines whether there is room within a traditional religious education for secular studies. He supports the argument that a mixture of traditional religion and worldly knowledge is not only acceptable, but recommended. Among those whose ideas he examines are Maimonides, Samson Raphael Hirsch, and Abraham Isaac Kook.

About the Author

Dr. Norman Lamm, president of Yeshiva University and Jakob and Erna Michael Professor of Jewish Philosophy, is also the founding editor of Tradition: A Journal of Orthodox Jewish Thought. Dr. Lamm has written six books including Torah Lishmah and Faith and Doubt. He is currently a member of New York State's Ethics Commission and lives in New York City.