| Rav Avraham Itzhak Hacohen Kook: Between Rationalism and Mysticism Contributor(s): Ish-Shalom, Benjamin (Author) |
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ISBN: 0791413691 ISBN-13: 9780791413692 Publisher: State University of New York Press OUR PRICE: $90.25 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: August 1993 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Religion | Judaism - Orthodox - History | Jewish - General |
| Dewey: 296.832 |
| LCCN: 92008087 |
| Series: Suny Judaica: Hermeneutics, Mysticism, and Religion |
| Physical Information: (1.46 lbs) 357 pages |
| Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - Jewish |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This is the first comprehensive philosophical-theological study of the mystical thought of Rabbi Abraham Isaac Kook (1865-1935), the Chief Rabbi of Palestine prior to the establishment of the state of Israel, and the great representative of the most significant renewal of the Jewish mystical thought in modern times. Rav Kook was the spiritual and hallachic authority who laid the foundation of religious Zionism. Discontent with "Hamizrakhi" political pragmatism, he envisioned Zionism as a movement of return and all-encompassing Jewish renaissance. This book dissolves the mist enveloping Rav Kook's writings and offers an understanding of his spiritual world. It presents and analyzes the systematic elements in his teaching and reveals the spiritual interests and fundamental approaches of his religious thought. |