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This volume features the thought and writings of Rabbi David Novak, the J. Richard and Dorothy Shiff Chair of Jewish Studies, Professor of the Study of Religion, and Professor of Philosophy at the University of Toronto. Novak is a leading Jewish theologian, ethicist, and scholar of Jewish philosophy and law. Natural Law and Revealed Torah presents the work of Novak, a thinker interested in the intersection of traditional Judaism and the modern world, especially how religious Jews can simultaneously exist within the liberal and democratic nation state yet remain separate from its tradition of secularism. This volume is also available in paperback .

Title David Novak : natural law and revealed Torah / edited by Hava Tirosh-Samuelson and Aaron W. Hughes.
Publisher Leiden, Netherlands : Brill
Creation Date 2014
Notes Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographical references.
English
Content Preliminary Material -- David Novak: An Intellectual Portrait / Aaron W. Hughes -- Divine Justice/Divine Command / David Novak -- Are Philosophical Proofs of the Existence of God Theologically Meaningful? / David Novak -- Buber’s Critique of Heidegger / David Novak -- On Human Dignity / David Novak -- Interview with David Novak / Hava Tirosh-Samuelson -- Select Bibliography.
Series Library of Contemporary Jewish Philosophers, 2213-6010
Volume 3
Extent 1 online resource (164 p.)
Language English
Copyright Date ©2014
National Library system number 997010700676705171
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