To Broaden the Way: A Confucian-Jewish Dialogue

To Broaden the Way: A Confucian-Jewish Dialogue

by Galia Patt-Shamir
ISBN-10:
0739111914
ISBN-13:
9780739111918
Pub. Date:
04/05/2006
Publisher:
Lexington Books
ISBN-10:
0739111914
ISBN-13:
9780739111918
Pub. Date:
04/05/2006
Publisher:
Lexington Books
To Broaden the Way: A Confucian-Jewish Dialogue

To Broaden the Way: A Confucian-Jewish Dialogue

by Galia Patt-Shamir

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Overview

To Broaden the Way suggests that the texts of both the Jewish and Confucian tradition talk in riddles of a special kind: riddles, which are introduced - and answered - by religious forms of life. Using a 'dialogue of riddles,' Galia Patt-Shamir presents a comparative perspective of Confucianism and Judaism regarding the relatedness between contradictory expressions in texts and living conflicts. The Confucian riddle is characterized here as a mystery to be deciphered by self-reflection, under the assumptions of a harmonious community, and a unity of being. The Jewish riddle is characterized as a test to be responded to, under the assumption of a disharmonious community, and a necessary rapture in reality. This book expands the dialogue between traditions, and offers both a method and an implication of the question, 'what is religion about?'

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780739111918
Publisher: Lexington Books
Publication date: 04/05/2006
Series: Studies in Comparative Philosophy and Religion
Edition description: New Edition
Pages: 358
Product dimensions: 6.40(w) x 9.02(h) x 1.08(d)

About the Author

Galia Patt-Shamir is Senior Lecturer in the Department of East Asian Studies at Tel-Aviv University.

Table of Contents

0 Bibliography 0 Introduction:Way and Walk Chapter 1 Where Religions Meet: Dao and Halakh - A Dialogue of Ways Part 1 How to Deal With It? Religious Philosophical and Literary Origins Chapter 2 What Literature Mirrors: Biblical Themes as Universal Themes Part 2 Application: Living Riddle as Test; Living Riddle as Mystery Chapter 3 How Philosophy Suggests: From Understanding Texts to Understanding Life through Living Riddles Chapter 4 From Eden to Babel through the Land of Moriah:Life as Perpetual Text Chapter 5 From Earth to Man through Heaven: Life as Mystery Chapter 6 Confucian Way as Living a Riddle
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