This book examines the concept of inner religion as manifest in Judaism from bibilical times to the early days of Baal Shem Tov Hasidism in the light of religious studies. The book's analysis of the six dimensions of interior religion in diverse Jewish so

Collection of articles dealing with different views on Repentance and Redemption from a philosophic perspective. The collection focuses on the’approach of Jewish philosophers, beginning with the teachings of Rav Yosef Albo and the Maharal of Prague and co

Study of medieval Jewish Messianism, analysing the two main messianic approaches, Apocalypticism and Naturalism. The author traces the tension between these two schools of thought through different periods of history and concludes that, at the time of the

The book deals with the influence of the Kabbalah on the Halakhah, liturgy and ritual customs, and the reaction of the rabbinic authorities to this phenomenon. The book also investigates the extent to which the kabbalistic instructions were accepted b

The book includes articles written by distinguished scholars, examining the relationship between morality and religion, from the point of view of general and Jewish philosophy.