Dharma and Halacha : Comparative Studies in Hindu-Jewish Philosophy and Religion.
Theodor, Ithamar.
Dharma and Halacha : Comparative Studies in Hindu-Jewish Philosophy and Religion. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (273 pages) - Studies in Comparative Philosophy and Religion Series . - Studies in Comparative Philosophy and Religion Series .
Cover -- Half Title -- Series Information -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Part I: Ritual and Sacrifice -- 1 Image Worship and Sacrifice -- 2 Shakthi Garbha as Ark of the Covenant at an American Hindu Goddess Temple -- 3 Working toward a More Perfect World -- Part II Ethics -- 4 Dharma and Halacha -- 5 Humane Subjects and Eating Animals -- 6 Animal Justice and Moral Mendacity -- 7 Lethal Wives and Impure Widows -- Part III Theology -- 8 The Guru and the Zaddik and the Testimony of the Holy Ones -- 9 Reading Eros, Sacred Place, and Divine Love in the Gītāgovinda and Shir Ha-Shirim -- 10 On the Comparative Realization of Aesthetic Consciousness in Kabbalah and Tantra -- 11 On the AUM and the Tetragrammaton -- Epilogue -- Index -- About the Contributors.
This work provides an anthology of close textual readings and examinations of a wide range of topics by leading scholars in interreligious scholarship and Hindu-Jewish dialogue, offering innovative approaches to categories such as ritual, sacrifice, ethics, and theology while underscoring affinities between Hindu and Jewish philosophy and religion.
9781498512800
Electronic books.
Dharma and Halacha : Comparative Studies in Hindu-Jewish Philosophy and Religion. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (273 pages) - Studies in Comparative Philosophy and Religion Series . - Studies in Comparative Philosophy and Religion Series .
Cover -- Half Title -- Series Information -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Part I: Ritual and Sacrifice -- 1 Image Worship and Sacrifice -- 2 Shakthi Garbha as Ark of the Covenant at an American Hindu Goddess Temple -- 3 Working toward a More Perfect World -- Part II Ethics -- 4 Dharma and Halacha -- 5 Humane Subjects and Eating Animals -- 6 Animal Justice and Moral Mendacity -- 7 Lethal Wives and Impure Widows -- Part III Theology -- 8 The Guru and the Zaddik and the Testimony of the Holy Ones -- 9 Reading Eros, Sacred Place, and Divine Love in the Gītāgovinda and Shir Ha-Shirim -- 10 On the Comparative Realization of Aesthetic Consciousness in Kabbalah and Tantra -- 11 On the AUM and the Tetragrammaton -- Epilogue -- Index -- About the Contributors.
This work provides an anthology of close textual readings and examinations of a wide range of topics by leading scholars in interreligious scholarship and Hindu-Jewish dialogue, offering innovative approaches to categories such as ritual, sacrifice, ethics, and theology while underscoring affinities between Hindu and Jewish philosophy and religion.
9781498512800
Electronic books.