Rabbi Abraham Isaac Kook and Jewish Spirituality
Rabbi Abraham Isaac Kook (1865-1935) was the first Ashkenazic chief rabbi of mandatory Palestine. Admired for the incredible diversity of his talents and interests--talmudist, halakhist, kabbalist, mystic, theologian, moralist, poet, and communal leader--Rav Kook's world outlook extolled breadth and derided narrow specialization. More than any other Orthodox thinker in modern times, he addressed, squarely and boldly, the confrontation between Judaism and the modern world. Kook serves as a...
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The result of work started in 1985 to mark the 50th anniversary of the death of Rav Kook. Various scholars consider Rav Kook's thinking and legacy in three areas: "Rav Kook and the Many Streams of Jewish Tradition," "Faith, Culture and Pluralism: The Perspective of Harmonism" and "Zionism, Messianism, and the State of Israel." Contributors are from Israel and North America.
AcknowledgmentsNote on Transliterations and CitationsContributorsIntroduction11Rav Abraham Isaac Kook and the Jewish Mystical Tradition232Rav Kook and the Jewish Philosophical Tradition413Rav Kook: Neither Philosopher nor Kabbalist784Poetry of Spirituality885Halakhah, Metahalakhah, and the Redemption of Israel: Reflections on the Rabbinic Rulings of Rav Kook1206Harmonism, Novelty, and the Sacred in the Teachings of Rav Kook1597Tolerance and Its Theoretical Basis in the Teaching of Rav Kook1788Dialectic, Doubters, and a Self-Erasing Letter: Rav Kook and the Ethics of Belief2059Immortality, Natural Law, and the Role of Human Perception in the Writings of Rav Kook23710The Land of Israel and Historical Dialectics in the Thought of Rav Kook: Zionism and Messianism25711Zion and Jerusalem: The Jewish State in the Thought of Rabbi Abraham Isaac Kook27612Zionism As a Return to Mount Sinai in Rabbi Kook's Thought29013What Would Rav Kook Have to Say about the State of Israel Today?301Bibliography309Index of Names, Terms, and Topics325Index of Passages from Rav Kook's Writings341
