Midrash as a Refracting Lens: A.J. Heschel's Illumination of Jewish History

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dc.contributor.advisorSegal, Eliezer
dc.contributor.authorAndrews Pardes, Zvi
dc.contributor.committeememberWyatt, Nicole
dc.contributor.committeememberBergen, David
dc.date.accessioned2017-01-02T21:13:01Z
dc.date.available2017-01-02T21:13:01Z
dc.date.issued2016
dc.date.submitted2016en
dc.description.abstractA.J. Heschel’s Torah Min Ha-Shamayyim BeAspaqlaria Shel Ha-Doroth (TMS) never received the comprehensive scholarly attention that it deserves. Its philosophical and theological emphasis was out of place in the oeuvre in which it was published. Decades later it resurged in popularity, but by and large not amongst those with the textual and philological grounding in rabbinics to assess it meaningfully. TMS stands as a compelling analysis of early-rabbinic theological trends and the historical ramifications therein. I pay careful attention to Heschel’s sources and other experts in the field. I demonstrate that there is a decisive difference in philosophical outlook that can be traced between the schools of Rabbis Aqiva and Ishmael respectively, just as Heschel argues. Likewise, the theological dichotomies which Heschel articulates between these two textual personalities and their schools is shown to inform later permutations of these tensions throughout the Jewish History of Ideas.en_US
dc.identifier.citationAndrews Pardes, Z. (2016). Midrash as a Refracting Lens: A.J. Heschel's Illumination of Jewish History (Master's thesis, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada). Retrieved from https://prism.ucalgary.ca. doi:10.11575/PRISM/26914en_US
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.11575/PRISM/26914
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11023/3526
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisher.facultyGraduate Studies
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Calgaryen
dc.publisher.placeCalgaryen
dc.rightsUniversity of Calgary graduate students retain copyright ownership and moral rights for their thesis. You may use this material in any way that is permitted by the Copyright Act or through licensing that has been assigned to the document. For uses that are not allowable under copyright legislation or licensing, you are required to seek permission.
dc.subjectLiterature--Classical
dc.subjectLiterature--Middle Eastern
dc.subjectPhilosophy
dc.subjectReligion
dc.subjectBiblical Studies
dc.subjectReligion--History of
dc.subjectReligion--Philosophy of
dc.subjectTheology
dc.subjectHistory--Ancient
dc.subjectHistory--Medieval
dc.subjectHistory--Middle Eastern
dc.subjectJewish Studies
dc.subject.classificationmidrashen_US
dc.subject.classificationrabbinic theologyen_US
dc.subject.classificationjewish studiesen_US
dc.subject.classificationtalmuden_US
dc.subject.classificationmishnaen_US
dc.subject.classificationmishnahen_US
dc.subject.classificationmedieval jewish philosophyen_US
dc.subject.classificationphilologyen_US
dc.subject.classificationHeschelen_US
dc.subject.classificationrabbi aqivaen_US
dc.subject.classificationrabbi akivaen_US
dc.subject.classificationrabbi ishmaelen_US
dc.subject.classificationmidrash halakhaen_US
dc.subject.classificationhalakhic midrashen_US
dc.titleMidrash as a Refracting Lens: A.J. Heschel's Illumination of Jewish History
dc.typemaster thesis
thesis.degree.disciplineReligious Studies
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of Calgary
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Arts (MA)
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