Leibowitz or God's Absence

Daniel Horowitz (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

138 Seiten

2022
Academic Studies Press (Verlag)
978-1-64469-794-8 (ISBN)

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As a scientist, philosopher and scholar in Jewish thought, Yeshayahu Leibowitz was one of the most noteworthy thinkers in the twentieth century. Leibowitz was an orthodox Jew, but rejected the notion of divine intervention in nature or history. So what was actually Leibowitz’ belief? This is what this book is about.

As a scientist, philosopher and scholar in Jewish thought, Yeshayahu Leibowitz was one of the most noteworthy thinkers in the twentieth century. He was endowed with a remarkable intellect and was knowledgeable across a variety of fields.

Born in Riga (Latvia) in 1903, he later immigrated to Israel, where he taught organic chemistry, biochemistry, neurology, biology, neurophysiology, philosophy and Jewish thought at Haifa and Jerusalem University. He was Chief Editor of the Hebrew encyclopedia, where he wrote about scientific, philosophical, historical and religious topics.

Leibowitz was an orthodox Jew, but rejected the notion of divine intervention in nature or history. So what was actually Leibowitz’ belief? This volume explores his belief system.

Daniel Horowitz was born in Switzerland, where his family fled the Belgian occupation during World War II. His family returned to Antwerp after the war, so Horowitz grew up within the Jewish community there. At the age of fifteen, he started working as a diamond cleaver, and later founded his own business together with his brother. In his sixties he retired and immigrated to Israel. Since then he dedicates his time himself to studying and writing. Horowitz is a music and literature devotee. He is a skillful skier and is fluent in six languages.

Preface

Yeshayahu Leibowitz

Torah

Maimonides

Judah Halevi

Baruch Spinoza

Magical Thinking

Values

Cognitive and Conative

Faith

Peoples, States, and History

Thou Shalt Not Kill

The Mind-Body Problem

Biology

Science

Zionism

Christianity

A Talent for Error

Afterword

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Erscheinungsdatum	10.01.2022
Zusatzinfo	Illustrations
Verlagsort	Brighton
Sprache	englisch
Maße	155 x 234 mm
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie ► Judentum
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Spezielle Soziologien
ISBN-10	1-64469-794-7 / 1644697947
ISBN-13	978-1-64469-794-8 / 9781644697948
Zustand	Neuware