The fear, the trembling, and the fire : Kierkegaard and the Hasidic masters on the binding of Isaac
Print Book, English, ©1994
University Press of America, Lanham, MD, ©1994
Criticism, interpretation, etc
xxi, 123 pages ; 23 cm
9780819193643, 9780819193650, 081919364X, 0819193658
123246593
1. Background to the Book
2. Hasidism and Existentialism
3. Preview of the Chapters
Ch. 1. The Fear and the Trembling
1. Kierkegaard's Fear and Trembling
2. The Problem of Hearing and the Problem of Choice
3. The "Ethical" for Kierkegaard
4. The "Voice of God" for Kierkegaard
5. The Resolution of the Problems
Ch. 2. The Uncertainty
1. Mordecai Joseph Leiner of Izbica
2. Maimonides, Saadia, and Gersonides
3. The Existentialist Interpretation
4. The Theological Interpretation
Ch. 3. Sinning for God
1. The Teleological Suspension of the Ethical
2. Averah Lishmah
Mordecai Joseph of Izbica and Zadok Hakohen of Lublin
3. Divine Determinism
4. Repentance from Fear and from Love
5. Averah Lishmah and the Teleological Suspension of The Ethical
Ch. 4. The Double-Mindedness
1. Abraham's Prophetic Utterance
2. Heavy and Light Double-Mindedness
3. The Fire
Elimelech of Lyzhansk
4. Judah Aryeh Leib of Gur
5. Abraham's Double-Mindedness
Ch. 5. The Passion
1. Abraham Isaac Kook
2. Hegel and Kierkegaard on Religion and Philosophy
3. Abraham and Idolatry
4. The Akedah According to Rav Kook
5. God's Mercy
6. Rav Kook and Kierkegaard on the Self