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Modern Heretic and a Traditional Community : Mordecai M. Kaplan, Orthodoxy, and American Judaism by Jeffrey S. Gurock and Jacob Schacter (1997, Hardcover)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherColumbia University Press
ISBN-100231106262
ISBN-139780231106269
eBay Product ID (ePID)1009915
Product Key Features
Number of Pages256 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameModern Heretic and a Traditional Community : Mordecai M. Kaplan, Orthodoxy, and American Judaism
Publication Year1997
SubjectJudaism / General, Personal Memoirs, Judaism / Orthodox
TypeTextbook
AuthorJeffrey S. Gurock, Jacob Schacter
Subject AreaReligion, Biography & Autobiography
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height0.1 in
Item Weight36.4 Oz
Item Length0.9 in
Item Width0.6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
LCCN96-032329
Dewey Edition20
ReviewsThis fine biography focuses not only on the emergence of Kaplan's unique thought and approach to Judaism but on the larger thought-world of American orthodoxy from which his thinking emerged and with which it stood in continuing debate. The resultant study not only lays bare Kaplan's mind and personality but, equally important, reveals much about the nature of American Orthodoxy., "As important thinkers in the Orthodox world [the authors] help us to see Kaplan from the vantage point of the world that raised him, New York's Orthodox community. In exploring how its different elements responded to Kaplan, they give us a richer understanding of Orthodoxy." -- Jewish Book World, As important thinkers in the Orthodox world [the authors] help us to see Kaplan from the vantage point of the world that raised him, New York's Orthodox community. In exploring how its different elements responded to Kaplan, they give us a richer understanding of Orthodoxy., "This fine biography focuses not only on the emergence of Kaplan's unique thought and approach to Judaism but on the larger thought-world of American orthodoxy from which his thinking emerged and with which it stood in continuing debate. The resultant study not only lays bare Kaplan's mind and personality but, equally important, reveals much about the nature of American Orthodoxy." -- Choice
TitleLeadingA
Grade FromCollege Graduate Student
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal[B]
SynopsisMordecai M. Kaplan, the founder of the Reconstructionist movement, was the most influential and controversial radical Jewish thinker in the 20th century. Examining the intellectual influences that prompted Kaplan to reject fundamental Orthodox precepts, Jeffrey S. Gurock and Jacob J. Schacter ask a question crucial to the understanding of any religion: can an established religious group learn from a heretic who has rejected its most fundamental beliefs?, Mordecai Kaplan, the founder of the Reconstructionist movement, was the most influential and controversial radical Jewish thinker in the twentieth century. This book examines the intellectual influences that moved Kaplan from Orthodoxy and analyzes the combination of personal, strategic, and career reasons that kept Kaplan close to Orthodox Jews, posing a question crucial to the understanding of any religion: Can an established religious group learn from a heretic who has rejected its most fundamental beliefs?
LC Classification NumberBM755.K289G87 1996
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