Suggested readings in Jewish Thought
A very partial list of key suggested resources for Jewish Philosophy.
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Existence of God
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¨ R. Schiller, The Road Back.
¨ Kelleman, Permission to Believe.
¨ Robinson & Steinman, The Obvious Proof.
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Torah from Sinai
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¨ L. Kelleman, Permission to Receive.
¨ E. Berkovitz, God, Man and History.
¨ Coopersmith,The Eye of a Needle.
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Christianity
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¨ M. Drazin, Their Hollow Inheritance.
¨ R. Tovya Singer, Outreach Judaism (Tapes).
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Divine attributes and Prayer
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¨ Rav Soloveitchik, Halachik Mind (pp. 39-40).
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Prayer
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¨ E. Berkovitz, Prayer in Studies in Torah Judaism.
¨ Arye Kaplan, “ Davening with Kavana “ in The Aryeh Kaplan Reader.
¨ R. Elie Munk, The World of Prayer.
¨ P. Winston, No Atheists in a Foxhole.
¨ Rav Soloveitchik, Worship of the Heart.
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Teshuvah
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¨ Rav Kook, Lights of Repentance.
¨ Rav Soloveitchik, On Repentance.
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Suffering and Evil in the World
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¨ Rav Soloveitchik, קול דודי דופק ; trans. in Theological and Halachik and Reflections on the Holocaust ( pp. 51-117 ).
¨ Rav Soloveitchik, Out of the Whirlwind.
¨ Rav K. K. Shapira, Sacred Fire.
¨ Rabbi Blech, If God is good, why is the world so bad?
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טעמי המצות
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¨ Rav Soloveitchik, Halachik Mind ( pp. 91-99 ).
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Jews and Non-Jews
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¨ Rav A. Soloveitchik, “ Jew and Jew, Jew and non-Jew “ in Logic of the Heart, Logic of the Mind.
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Torah And Science
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¨ Aviezer, In the Beginning.
¨ Aviezer, Fossils and Faith.
¨ R. Arye Kaplan, Immortality, Resurrection and the Age of the Universe.
¨ Carmell and Domb, Challenge.
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Evolution (see also previous section)
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¨ Johnson, Darwin on Trail.
¨ The Neck of the Giraffe..
¨ Philip Johnson, Defeating Darwinism by opening minds.
¨ Michael Behe, Darwin’s Black Box.
¨ Jonathan Wells, Icons of Evolution.
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Basics of Judaism
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¨ R. Emanuel Feldman, On Judaism.
¨ Shmuel Waldman, Beyond a Reasonable Doubt.
¨ M. Lamm, Becoming Jewish.
¨ Donin, To be a Jew.
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Tznius
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¨ Gila Manolson, Inside Outside.
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Negiah
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¨ Gila Manolson, The Magic Touch
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Israel
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¨ אם הבנים שמחה– translation.
רב מנחם כשר, התקופה הגדולה
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General
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¨ R. Steizaltz, Simple words.
¨ Nechemia Coopersmith, Shmooze.
¨ Moshe Spieser, Questions you thought we were afraid you’d ask.
¨ Rav Aharom Lichtenstein, Leaves of Faith.
¨ Rav Aharom Lichtenstein, By His Light.
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