Holiness, in Particular: A Proposal for Understanding Qedushah
Beginning from an intriguing essay by the mid-twentieth century Jewish thinker Leon Roth, I offer here an account of what “holiness” might mean for Jews by moving between readings of specifically Jewish texts and a series of general desiderata for any account of holiness. My proposal involves attend...
| Published in: | Modern theology |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Wiley-Blackwell
2023
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Modern theology
Year: 2023, Volume: 39, Issue: 2, Pages: 294-306 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Roth, Leon 1896-1963
/ Holiness
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| RelBib Classification: | BH Judaism NCA Ethics TK Recent history |
| Further subjects: | B
Justice
B Leon Roth B Holiness B Idolatry B Particularity |
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| Summary: | Beginning from an intriguing essay by the mid-twentieth century Jewish thinker Leon Roth, I offer here an account of what “holiness” might mean for Jews by moving between readings of specifically Jewish texts and a series of general desiderata for any account of holiness. My proposal involves attending closely to but also moving away from the particulars of God’s world. Holiness consists in this process, not in any of the particulars themselves. I suggest that the point of Jewish law is to engage us in such a process. |
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| ISSN: | 1468-0025 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Modern theology
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1111/moth.12811 |