Cass Fisher Contemplative Nation Hardcover sku-19510091

Cass Fisher's pre-owned hardcover Contemplative Nation: A Philosophical Account of Jewish Theological Language is listed under Religion & Religious Studies Books, SKU sku-19510091. The book challenges the view that theology is not vital to Jewish tradition and examines why scholars of Judaism and Jewish thinkers have minimized its role for political and philosophical reasons.

Fisher develops a model of Jewish theological language that gives theological reflection a central place and relates it to religious practice. Drawing on several philosophical resources, the model accounts for different forms and functions of that language.

Close readings of the Mekhilta of Rabbi Ishmael, an early rabbinic commentary on Exodus, and Franz Rosenzweig's The Star of Redemption apply the model to rabbinics and modern Jewish thought and offer resources for constructive Jewish theology.