David R. Blumenthal: Living with God and Humanity

Download or read book David R. Blumenthal: Living with God and Humanity written by Hava Tirosh-Samuelson and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2014-07-24 with total page 179 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: David R. Blumenthal is Jay and Leslie Cohen Professor of Judaic Studies at Emory University. He has contributed greatly to the growth of Jewish Studies, the place of Judaism in Religious Studies, interreligious dialogue, and the reframing of Judaism in light of the Holocaust, postmodernism, and poststructuralism. For Blumenthal, theology is an ongoing reflection about everything we believe and do in the context of the living tradition.