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The Love of God: Divine Gift, Human Gratitude, and Mutual Faithfulness in Judaism (Library of Jewish Ideas, 8) free ebook download

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Author(s):	Jon D. Levenson

Date:	2021	Format:	pdf	Language:	English	ISBN/ASIN:	0691164290
Pages:	264	OCR:		Quality:		ISBN13:
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The love of God is perhaps the most essential element in Judaismbut also one of the most confounding. In biblical and rabbinic literature, the obligation to love God appears as a formal commandment. Yet most people today think of love as a feeling. How can an emotion be commanded? How could one ever fulfill such a requirement? The Love of God places these scholarly and existential questions in a new light.

Jon Levenson traces the origins of the concept to the ancient institution of covenant, showing how covenantal love is a matter neither of sentiment nor of dry legalism. The love of God is instead a deeply personal two-way relationship that finds expression in God's mysterious love for the people of Israel, who in turn observe Gods laws out of profound gratitude for his acts of deliverance. Levenson explores how this bond has survived episodes in which Gods love appears to be painfully absentas in the brutal persecutions of Talmudic timesand describes the intensely erotic portrayals of the relationship by biblical prophets and rabbinic interpreters of the Song of Songs. He examines the love of God as a spiritual discipline in the Middle Ages as well as efforts by two influential modern Jewish thinkersMartin Buber and Franz Rosenzweigto recover this vital but endangered aspect of their tradition.

A breathtaking work of scholarship and spirituality alike that is certain to provoke debate,
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