Jack Shechter

The Idea of Monotheism (eBook, PDF)

The Evolution of a Foundational Concept

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Jack Shechter offers a detailed clarification of the ideational development within each of the tenets that flow from the Oneness of God that is the core of the monotheistic idea as it has evolved over the centuries. The Idea of Monotheism historically traces the concept of God as it emerged in the ongoing life of the people in specific time periods; it reflects the newly perceived perspectives about the deity due to changing times, locales, and climates of opinion. However, so profoundly One is God in Judaism, these transformations had not effect whatever on this eternally uniform substance. Thus, what man did over time was to uncover God's true nature; he unraveled that which was always there-the nonexistence of other gods and His universality.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks US
• Seitenzahl: 186
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. Juli 2018
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780761883623
• Artikelnr.: 74848032

Autorenporträt

Jack Shechter is an ordained rabbi, was associate professor at the University of Judaism and is the author of The Land of Israel: Its Theological Dimensions and Journey of a Rabbi.

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1: The Patriarchs and Monotheism
Chapter 2: Moses and Monotheism
Chapter 3: The Prophets and Monotheism
Chapter 4: The Rabbis and Monotheism
Chapter 5: Judaism vis-à-vis Christianity on Monotheism
Chapter 6: Was Monotheism Compromised? The Divinity and the Human Being
Chapter 7: Why is the Notion of the Oneness of God-the Cornerstone of
Monotheism-of Such Basic Importance?