The Kuzari: An Argument for the Faith of Israel Halevi Jehuda
The Kuzari: An Argument for the Faith of Israel Halevi Jehuda The Kuzari is one of the basic books of Jewish literature, a required text in the library of every educated Jew--and of every educated…
Specifikacia The Kuzari: An Argument for the Faith of Israel Halevi Jehuda
The Kuzari: An Argument for the Faith of Israel Halevi Jehuda
The Kuzari is one of the basic books of Jewish literature, a required text in the library of every educated Jew--and of every educated Christian who would understand the religion of Israel. In the easy style of a Platonic dialogue, he presents first a critique of Christianity and Islam, and then explores the nature of Israel's first religious faculty, the question of the "chosen" people, the implications of a "minority religion." Against those who accommodate to prevailing philosophical trends, Judah Halevi is blunt, frank and uncompromising in his discourse on the central teachings of Judaism: revelation, prophecy, the laws, the Holy Land, and the role of the Jewish people as spokesman for religious faith.Take a front seat in the debate The author, foremost poet and thinker of the Jewish Middle Ages, offers clear and usable delineations of the religion of Israel.