Dharma and Halacha (eBook)

Comparative Studies in Hindu-Jewish Philosophy and Religion

Yudit Kornberg Greenberg, Ithamar Theodor (Herausgeber)

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2018
272 Seiten
Rowman & Littlefield (Verlag)
978-1-4985-1280-0 (ISBN)

Infos

This work provides an anthology of close textual readings and examinations of a wide range of topics by leading scholars in interreligious scholarship and Hindu-Jewish dialogue, offering innovative approaches to categories such as ritual, sacrifice, ethics, and theology while underscoring affinities between Hindu and Jewish philosophy and religion

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In recent decades there has been a rising interest among scholars of Hinduism and Judaism in engaging in the comparative studies of these ancient traditions. Academic interests have also been inspired by the rise of interreligious dialogue by the respective religious leaders. Dharma and Halacha: Comparative Studies in Hindu-Jewish Philosophy and Religion represents a significant contribution to this emerging field, offering an examination of a wide range of topics and a rich diversity of perspectives and methodologies within each tradition, and underscoring significant affinities in textual practices, ritual purity, sacrifice, ethics and theology.Dharma refers to a Hindu term indicating law, duty, religion, morality, justice and order, and the collective body of Dharma is called Dharma-shastra. Halacha is the Hebrew term designating the Jewish spiritual path, comprising the collective body of Jewish religious laws, ethics and rituals. Although there are strong parallels between Hinduism and Judaism in topics such as textual practices and mystical experience, the link between these two religious systems, i.e. Dharma and Halacha, is especially compelling and provides a framework for the comparative study of these two traditions.The book begins with an introduction to Hindu-Jewish comparative studies and recent interreligious encounters. Part I of the book titled ';Ritual and Sacrifice,' encompasses the themes of sacrifice, holiness, and worship. Part II titled Ethics, is devoted to comparing ethical systems in both traditions, highlighting the manifold ways in which the sacred is embodied in the mundane. Part III of the book titled Theology, addresses common themes and phenomena in spiritual leadership, as well as textual metaphors for mystical and visionary experiences in Hinduism and Judaism. The epilogue offers a retrospective on Hindu-Jewish encounters, mapping historic as well as contemporary academic initiatives and collaborations.

Autor

Ithamar Theodor is senior lecturer of Hindu studies at Zefat Academic College and director of the Hindu-Jewish Studies Program at The University of Haifa. His most recent book is The Fifth Veda in Hinduism; Philosophy, Poetry and Devotion in the Bhagavata Purana (2016).Yudit Kornberg Greenberg is the George D. and Harriet W. Cornell endowed chair of religion, and founding director of the Jewish Studies Program at Rollins College. Her most recent book is The Body in Religion: Crosscultural Perspectives (2017).

Inhalt

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Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 15.8.2018
• Reihe/Serie: Studies in Comparative Philosophy and Religion
• Co-Autor: Purushottama Bilimoria, Tracy Pintchman, Daniel Polish, President of Institute for Advanced Torah studi Rabbi Prof. Daniel Sperber, Ithamar Theodor, Phillipe Bornet, Thomas A. Forsthoefel, Shoshana Razel Gordon-Guedalia, Yudit Kornberg Greenberg, Aaron Gross, Barbara A. Holdrege, Paul Martin, Rachel McDermott
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Allgemeines / Lexika
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Östliche Philosophie
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie ► Hinduismus
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie ► Judentum
• Schlagworte: Ahimsa • Animal ethics • Asian Studies • Bhagavad-gita • Comparative Philosophy • Comparative Religion • continental philosphy • ethics • Gitagovinda • Hinduism • Hindu Studies • Indian Philosophy • Jain • Jewish philosophy • Jewish Studies • Judaism • Kabbalah • Kosher • Maimonides • Religious Studies • Tantra • Torah • Veda • Vidyasagar • widow marriage
• ISBN-10: 1-4985-1280-1 / 1498512801
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4985-1280-0 / 9781498512800