Are Jews the Only True Monotheists? Some Critical Reflections in Jewish Thought from the Renaissance to the Present

D. Ruderman
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Monotheism, by simple definition, implies a belief in one God for all peoples, not for one particular nation. But as the Shemah prayer recalls, God spoke exclusively to Israel in insisting that God is one. This address came to define the essential nature of the Jewish faith, setting it apart from all other faiths both in the pre-modern and modern worlds. This essay explores the positions of a variety of thinkers on the question of the exclusive status of monotheism in Judaism from the Renaissance until the present day. It first discusses the challenge offered to Judaism by the Renaissance thinker Pico della Mirandola and his notion of ancient theology which claimed a common core of belief among all nations and cultures. It then explores the impact of this universal philosophy of Christianity on a group of early modern Jewish thinkers; considers its repercussions among Jewish thinkers in the nineteenth century both in Western and Eastern Europe; and finally focuses on one contemporary Jewish reflection of the vision of Pico in our own day. Disciplines History | History of Religion | Intellectual History | Jewish Studies | Religious Thought, Theology and Philosophy of Religion This journal article is available at ScholarlyCommons: https://repository.upenn.edu/history_papers/39 ARE JEWS THE ONLY TRUE MONOTHEISTS? SOME CRITICAL REFLECTIONS IN JEWISH THOUGHT FROM THE RENAISSANCE TO THE PRESENT
犹太人是唯一真正的一神论者吗?从文艺复兴到现在犹太思想的一些批判性反思
从简单的定义来看,一神论意味着所有人都信仰一个上帝,而不是一个特定的国家。但正如示玛祷告所回忆的那样,上帝只对以色列人说话,坚持上帝是独一的。这段演讲定义了犹太信仰的本质,将其与前现代和现代世界的所有其他信仰区分开来。本文探讨了从文艺复兴时期到今天,各种思想家对一神教在犹太教中的排他性地位问题的立场。它首先讨论了文艺复兴时期思想家皮科·德拉·米兰多拉对犹太教提出的挑战,以及他的古代神学概念,该概念主张所有国家和文化都有共同的信仰核心。然后探讨了这种基督教普遍哲学对早期现代犹太思想家的影响;考虑到它对19世纪西欧和东欧犹太思想家的影响;最后聚焦于当代犹太人对Pico在我们这个时代的看法。学科史|宗教史|思想史|犹太研究|宗教思想、神学和宗教哲学这篇期刊文章可在ScholarlyCommons: https://repository.upenn.edu/history_papers/39犹太人是唯一真正的一神论者吗?从文艺复兴到现在犹太思想的一些批判性反思
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