The Essential Agus. Steven T. Katz

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       The Essential Agus

      THE ESSENTIAL AGUS

      THE WRITINGS OF JACOB B. AGUS

      Edited by Steven T. Katz

      NEW YORK UNIVERSITY PRESS

      New York and London

      Copyright © 1997 by New York University

      All rights reserved

      Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

      Agus, Jacob B. (Jacob Bernard), 1911–1986.

      [Selections. 1996]

      The essential Agus : the writings of Jacob B. Agus / edited by

      Steven T. Katz.

      p. cm.

      “Bibliography of the works of Jacob B. Agus”: p.

      Includes bibliographical references.

      ISBN 0-8147-4692-6

      1. Judaism. 2. Philosophy, Jewish. 3. Agus, Jacob B. (Jacob

      Bernard), 1911–1986. I. Katz, Steven T., 1944- . II. Title.

      BM45.A3932 1996 96–46040

      296.3—dc20 CIP

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      CONTENTS

       Preface

       Selectors

       1 Jacob B. Agus: An Introductory Overview Selections by Steven T. Katz

       2 The Ideal Personality

       3 Contemporary Issues

       4 Neo-Maimonism

       PART ONE Jacob B. Agus as a Student of Modern Jewish Philosophy Selections and Prefatory Remarks by David Novak

       5 The Common Core of Modern Jewish Philosophy

       6 The Nearness of God

       7 Rav Kuk, An Appreciation

       PART TWO Jacob B. Agus as a Student of Medieval Jewish Philosophy and Mysticism Selections and Prefatory Remarks by David R. Blumenthal

       8 The Rise of Jewish Rationalism

       9 The Qabbalah

       PART THREE Jacob B. Agus and Jewish-Christian Dialogue: A View from the Christian Side Selections and Prefatory Remarks by Eugene J. Fisher

       10 Judaism and the New Testament

       11 Perspectives for the Study of the Book of Acts

       12 A New Kind of Christian-Jewish Disputation

       PART FOUR Jacob Agus’ Ideology of American Judaism: American Jews or Jewish Americans? Selections and Prefatory Remarks by Milton R. Konvitz

       13 Who We Are

       14 Assimilation, Integration, Segregation: The Road to the Future

       15 Jewish Self-Image in the Postwar World

       PART FIVE The Concept of God in Jacob Agus’ Theology Selection and Prefatory Remarks by William E. Kaufman

       16 The Idea of God

       PART SIX Jacob B. Agus on the Meaning of Jewish History and Experience Selections and Prefatory Remarks by Neil Gillman

       17 Epilogue to The Evolution of Jewish Thought

       18 The Concept of Israel

       PART SEVEN Jacob B. Agus and the Conservative Movement Selections and Prefatory Remarks by Mordecai Waxman

       19 Reevaluation of the “Responsum on the Sabbath”

       20 Birth Control: A Dissent

       21 Law in Conservative Judaism

       22 A Theological Foundation for the Halachah

       PART EIGHT Jewish Law as Standards Selection and Prefatory Remarks by Elliot