Aspects of Rabbinic Theology: Including the Original Preface of 1909 & the Introduction by Louis Finkelstein
The classic statement of the ideas which form the religious consciousness of the Jewish people at large, by one of the great minds of Jewish scholarship of our century. His creative scholarship, compelling English style, and warm personality have given this book lasting influence on Jew and non-Jew alike. Includes the original preface of 1909 and the introduction by Louis Finkelstein.
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Book details
- Author
- Solomon Schechter
- Imprint
- Jewish Lights, an imprint of Turner Publishing Company
- Published
- Pages
- 448
- Formats
- Paperback, Hardcover
- Subjects
- Religion › Judaism › Theology
Religion › Judaism - Topics
- Jewish theology · rabbinic thought · Judaism · Torah · religious consciousness · Jewish scholarship · God in Judaism
- ISBN-13
- 9781879045248 (Paperback)9781681629803 (Hardcover)
About the author
SOLOMON SCHECHTER was a Moldavian-born rabbi, scholar, and educator who discovered over 100,000 ancient manuscript fragments from the Cairo Geniza in 1896, bringing them to Cambridge University. His works include Aspects of Rabbinic Theology and Studies in Judaism.
Schechter was appointed lecturer in Talmudics at Cambridge University in 1890 and later Professor of Hebrew at University College, London, in 1899. In 1902 he became president of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America in New York, and in 1913 he founded the United Synagogue of America.
Schechter studied at the Rabbinical College in Vienna before pursuing advanced studies in Berlin, grounding the scholarly work that placed him at the centre of Conservative Judaism.