Halakhic Man

by Joseph B. Soloveitchik

Overview

Halakhic Man is the classic work of modern Jewish and religious thought by the twentieth century’s preeminent Orthodox Jewish theologian and talmudic scholar. It is a profound excursion into religious psychology and phenomenology, a pioneering attempt at a philosophy of halakhah, and a stringent critique of mysticism and romantic religion.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780827603974
Publisher:	The Jewish Publication Society
Publication date:	12/01/1984
Pages:	164
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.25(h) x 0.50(d)
Lexile:	1380L (what's this?)

About the Author

Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik (1903–1993) was one of the twentieth century’s outstanding talmudists and Jewish thinkers. Drawing on a vast reservoir of Jewish and general knowledge, he brought Jewish thought and law to bear on the interpretation and assessment of the modern experience, and inspired generations of students. Soloveitchik’s first major published work, Ish ha-Halakhah (Halakhic Man), is widely acknowledged as a classic in modern Jewish thought. Lawrence J. Kaplan is an associate professor of Jewish studies at McGill University. He is best known for his studies of Soloveitchik and for his translation from the Hebrew of Soloveitchik’s classic Ish ha-Halakhah (Halakhic Man), lauded by scholars as the gold standard for Soloveitchik translations.

Table of Contents

Translator’s Preface
40th Anniversary Edition Translator’s Acknowledgments
40th Anniversary Edition Translator’s Introduction
40th Anniversary Edition Halakhic Man    
Original Preface and Text List of Errata to Original Edition
Translator’s Annotations
40th Anniversary Edition Translator’s Glossary
40th Anniversary Edition Translator’s Bibliography
40th Anniversary Edition Index of Sources
40th Anniversary Edition Index of Names and Subjects
40th Anniversary Edition

Editorial Reviews

"The best single introduction to Jewish religious thought in print."—Theology Today

Theology Today

A signal contribution to the development of Jewish thought in this era, Halakhic Man shows Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik at his most brilliant, interacting with modern thought, synthesizing some of its insights with the tradition, and illuminating and turning traditional statements into profound analyses of the human condition. Among the great contributions to this new edition are an important preface by Lawrence J. Kaplan on the reception history of this essay and an introduction articulating his mature presentation of Soloveitchik’s thought—which may well be the finest exposition of his thinking thus far. Reading Soloveitchik through this augmented edition will lead to a well-deserved increased influence of his ideas in the field of religious thought, even beyond Judaism.”—Rabbi Irving (Yitz) Greenberg, author of For the Sake of Heaven and Earth


“We owe a deep debt of gratitude to Lawrence J. Kaplan for his brilliant and luminous introduction and exceptionally helpful annotations and glossary to the fortieth anniversary edition of the magnificent work he wonderfully translated by one of the greatest Jewish thinkers of the twentieth century.”—Moshe Halbertal, professor in the Department of Jewish Thought, Hebrew University

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