P.S.'s review
The Emergence of Ethical Man (Meotzar Horav)
by Joseph B. Soloveitchik, Michael Berger
P.S.'s review
The Emergence of Ethical Man (Meotzar Horav) by Joseph B. Soloveitchik, Michael Berger
P.S.'s review
rating:
bookshelves:
to-read,
yahadut
(from the introduction) "revolutionary in that it breaks with traditional metaphysical categories that are the warp and woof of medieval Jewish commentary and philosophy, and instead bases its analysis purely on the categories of the natural and social sciences". (xxi)
"...explains how a thoroughly naturalistic setting could give birth to human personality -- and to Judaism's expectation of moral character and self-transcendence. The resulting religious anthropology is a startlingly fresh reading of the early chapters of Genesis, and highlights Judaism's distinctive view among those of other religious traditions."
in situating humankind, thoroughly, in a natural setting, there are moments where he sounds resoundingly "tribal" in the indigenous sense of the term; the universal is covenantal in both time and place.
"...explains how a thoroughly naturalistic setting could give birth to human personality -- and to Judaism's expectation of moral character and self-transcendence. The resulting religious anthropology is a startlingly fresh reading of the early chapters of Genesis, and highlights Judaism's distinctive view among those of other religious traditions."
in situating humankind, thoroughly, in a natural setting, there are moments where he sounds resoundingly "tribal" in the indigenous sense of the term; the universal is covenantal in both time and place.
