Top Document: Judaism Reading List: Introduction and General (Pt. I) Previous Document: General Judaism Next Document: General Jewish History See reader questions & answers on this topic! - Help others by sharing your knowledge [Ber73] Berkovits, Eliezer. Faith after the Holocaust. Ktav Publishing House, New York. 1973. Paperback, 1977. ISBN 0-870681-93-1. [6][Buy at Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0870681931/socculturejew ish] [Ber79] Berkovits, Eliezer God, Man and History. Jonathan David, New York. 1979. ISBN 0-824602-39-0. Out of print. [Ble92] Blech, Benjamin. Understanding Judaism: The Basics of Deed and Creed. Jason Aronson; 1992. Paperback. ISBN 0-876682-91-3. [7][Buy at Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0876682913/socculturejew ish/] [Bub74] Buber, Martin; Kaufman, Walter (trans). I and Thou. MacMillan Publishing Company, 1974. Paperback. 185 pages. ISBN 0-684717-25-5. [8][Buy at Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/684717255/socculturejewi sh] [Dor92] Dorff, Elliot. Knowing God: Jewish Journeys to the Unknowable. Jason Aronson. 1992. Paperback, 1996. ISBN 1-568219-64-4. [R. Dorff is provost and professor of philosophy at the University of Judaism (Conservative)] [9][Buy at Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1568219644/socculturejew ish] [Dor98] Dorff, Elliot N. (ed); Newman, Louis E. (ed.) Contemporary Jewish Theology: A Reader. Oxford Univ Press; 1998. Paperback. ISBN 0-195114-67-1. [Conservative] [10][Buy at Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0195114671/socculturejew ish/] [Fis98] Fishbane, Michael. The Exegetical Imagination: On Jewish Thought and Theology. Harvard Univ Pr; October 1998. Paperback. ISBN 0-674274-62-8. [Illustrates the technique of midrashic biblical exposition, as well as discussing some of the conclusions reached.] [11][Buy at Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0674274628/socculturejew ish/] [Gil90] Gillman, Neil. Sacred Fragments: Recovering Theology for the Modern Jew. Jewish Publication Society. 1990. Paperback, 1992. 296 pp. ISBN 0-827604-03-3. [A National Jewish Book Award winner; R. Gillman is professor of philosophy at the Jewish Theological Seminary] (Conservative) [12][Buy at Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0827604033/socculturejew ish] [Gre92] Green, Arthur. Seek My Face, Speak My Name: A Contemporary Jewish Theology. Jason Aronson. 1992. Paperback, 1994. ISBN 1-568212-13-5. [R. Green, who recently left the presidency of the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College for a chair at Brandeis, is regarded as a leading exponent of neo-Hasidism] (Reconstructionist) [13][Buy at Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1568212135/socculturejew ish] [Har85] Hartman, David. A Living Covenant: The Innovative Spirit in Traditional Judaism. Free Press. 1985. Paperback, 1998, Jewish Lights Pub. 368 pp. ISBN 1-580230-11-3. [R. Hartman is director of the Shalom Hartman Institute for Advanced Jewish Studies in Jerusalem, and a student of Rav Soloveitchik z"l] [14][Buy at Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1580230113/socculturejew ish] [Hes55] Heschel, Abraham Joshua. God in Search of Man: A Philosophy of Judaism. Harper Torchbook. 1966. Reprinted 1997, Noonday Press. 464 pp. ISBN 0-374513-31-7. [One of Heschel's more accessible major works.] [15][Buy at Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0374513317/socculturejew ish] [Hes97] Heschel, Abraham Joshua. Man Is Not Alone: A Philosophy of Religion. Noonday Press, 1997. Paperback. 320 pages. ISBN 0-374513-28-7. [16][Buy at Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0374513287/socculturejew ish] [Jew00] Jewish Observer, The. The Ethical Imperative: Torah perspectives on ethics and values. Artscroll/Mesorah; 2000. Hardcover. ISBN 1-578195-08-X. [17][Buy at Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/157819508X/socculturejew ish/] [18][Buy at Artscroll: http://www.artscroll.com/linker/socculturejewish/ASIN/ETHH/] [Kap79] Kaplan, Aryeh. Handbook of Jewish Thought. Maznaim Publishing Corp., 4304 12th Avenue, Brooklyn, New York 11219, 718-438-7680, New York/Jerusalem, 1979. Hardcover Vol 2, 1992. ISBN 0-940118-79-3. [19][Buy at Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0940118793/socculturejew ish] [Kap34] Kaplan, Mordecai M. Judaism as a Civilization. Reconstructionist Press, New York. 1934. Jewish Publication Society; 1994. Paperback. 640 pages. ISBN 0-827605-29-3. [One of the most original contributions toward creating a comprehensive program for creative Jewish life. Kaplan here offers his now famous concept of Judaism as an evolving religious civilization. For Judaism to survive and grow, Jews must continue to reconstruct their heritage in response to changes in social, political, and cultural conditions.] [20][Buy at Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0827605293/socculturejew ish] [Kap94] Kaplan, Mordecai, M. The Meaning of God in Modern Jewish Religion. Wayne State Univ Pr; 1994. Paperback reprint. ISBN 0-814325-52-1. [Kaplan's most easily understood theological work. It is organized around the Jewish holidays but actually is an elaboration of the basic concepts of his theological system. This edition includes a new introduction, in which Kaplan's thought is put in a historical perspective.] [21][Buy at Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0814325521/socculturejew ish] [Pel84] Peli, P. (ed.)Soloveitchik on Repentance: The Thought and Oral Discourses of Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik. Paulist Press. 1984. Reprinted 1996 Paperback, Jason Aronson. 320 pp. ISBN 1-568219-85-7. [The Rav as presented by the late chair of Hebrew Studies at Ben Gurion University] [22][Buy at Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1568219857/socculturejew ish] [Sch98] Schulweis, Harold M. For Those Who Can't Believe: Overcoming the Obstacles to Faith. Harperperennial Library; 1998. Paperback. 224 pages. ISBN: 0-060926-51-1. [23][Buy at Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0060926511/socculturejew ish] [Sel82] Seltzer, Robert M. Jewish People, Jewish Thought. Prentice Hall College Div; 1982. Paperback. ISBN 0-024089-40-0. [24][Buy at Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0024089400/socculturejew ish/] [Son86] Sonsino, Rifat; Syme, Daniel B. Finding God: Ten Jewish Responses. Union of American Hebrew Congregations; 1986. Paperback. 140 pages. ISBN 0-807403-12-1. [Reform]. [25][Buy at Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0807403121/socculturejew ish] [Sol83] Soloveitchik, Joseph Dov. Halachic Man. Jewish Publication Society: Philadelphia PA. 1983. ISBN 0-827602-22-7. Paperback, 1984, 182 pp. ISBN 0-827603-97-5 . [26][Buy at Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0827603975/socculturejew ish] [Sol91] Soloveichik, Rabbi Ahron, Logic of the Heart, Logic of the Mind. Judaica Press/Genesis Jerusalem Press, 1991, ISBN 0-963093-60-6. Out of print. [Wol91] Wolpe, David J. The Healer of Shattered Hearts: A Jewish View of God. Penguin USA (Paper); 1991. Paperback Reprint edition. ISBN 0-140147-95-0. [27][Buy at Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0140147950/socculturejew ish] User Contributions:Top Document: Judaism Reading List: Introduction and General (Pt. 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