Rav Joseph B. Soloveitchik in the Context of Contemporary Philosophies of Religion

• Massimo Giuliani ^[1]
  1. [1] Università di Trento
• Localización: Giornale di Metafisica: revista bimestrale di filosofia, ISSN 0017-0372, Vol. 39, Nº. 2, 2017 (Ejemplar dedicado a: Intuizione ed emotività / coord. por Angelo Cicatello, Luigi Filieri), págs. 638-655
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • This essay aims to capture the influence of the American Rabbi and thinker Joseph B. Soloveitichik (1903-1993) and the impact of his thought upon the Jewish philosophies in the second part of the Twentieth century, both in Europe and in North America. It will show the originality of his approach to modernity and tradition, and underline his specific contribution to a “philosophy of the Halakhah”, understood as the essential condition for any Jewish philosophy of religion. The essay will also provide a criticism of Rav Soloveitichik’s concept of “untranslatability” of personal religious experiences