Worship and Ethics: A Study in Rabbinic Judaism

by Max Kadushin

This book claims that cultural phenomena exist in rabbinic Judaism worship and ethics. Each individual has his own personal experiences in both spheres, but what make the experiences possible are the values of society. Theories depicting the individual as the creative rebel who overcomes the bonds of routine and inertia with which the tribe would enslave him certainly do not apply to rabbinic Judaism, and in essence probably to no religion. Such theories...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1586840924
• ISBN13: 9781586840921
• Release Date: January 2001
• Publisher: Distribution Partners
• Length: 357 Pages