Thursday, March 22, 2012

Yoram Hazoni"s The Rav"s Bombshell - A review of The Emergence of Ethical Man.

I just finished reading Yoram Hazoni's article in Commentary Magazine discussing his read of The Emergence of Ethical Man by Rav Joseph B. Sloveitchik. I immediately ordered the book because if Yoram's understanding of it is correct, it is the contemporary Guide for the Perplexed. This article is anyway a must read for anyone interested in a modern perspective and presentation of a very similar approach to how I understand Rambam's outlook on Judaism.

If Hazony is correct the Rav was a pure Maimonidean and all those rumours that he was Nachmanidean should be dispelled.

12 comments:

  1. Which issue? I can't seem to locate this article.

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  2. The latest one that just arrived in my mail yesterday.

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  3. Is it available online?

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  4. Thanks for pointing this out.

    Google Books offers a "preview".

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  5. The latest one being April? March?

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  6. April I tried accessing online without success

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  7. Did it live up to the expectation?

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  8. You can read the Yoram Hazony article here:

    http://jerusalemletters.com/jletters/articles/a-bombshell-from-the-rav

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  9. Thank you for the link to Jerusalem Letters. I attempted to access the article through Commentary without success (even though a subscriber)...and essay in frustration.

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  10. The Vatican Library and the Bodleian Library are going online over the next 4 years.

    http://genizah.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/

    1.5 pages of the Rambam's Talmud Bavli: http://genizah.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/fragment/MS_Heb_c_21/18a

    The fragments stop loading for me so I can't looking through it.

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  11. Rabbi Meir Triebitz has started a series of shiurim on the sefer. http://www.hashkafacircle.com

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  12. New article on the topic appeared in Meorot:
    http://www.yctorah.org/images/stories/about_us/%233%20-%20sztuden%20-%20naturalism%20and%20the%20rav.pdf

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