A01=Galia Patt-Shamir
Author_Galia Patt-Shamir
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Category=QRJ
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Product details
- ISBN 9780739111918
- Weight: 526g
- Dimensions: 163 x 229mm
- Publication Date: 05 Apr 2006
- Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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To Broaden the Way suggests that the texts of both the Jewish and Confucian tradition talk in riddles of a special kind: riddles, which are introduced - and answered - by religious forms of life. Using a "dialogue of riddles," Galia Patt-Shamir presents a comparative perspective of Confucianism and Judaism regarding the relatedness between contradictory expressions in texts and living conflicts. The Confucian riddle is characterized here as a mystery to be deciphered by self-reflection, under the assumptions of a harmonious community, and a unity of being. The Jewish riddle is characterized as a test to be responded to, under the assumption of a disharmonious community, and a necessary rapture in reality. This book expands the dialogue between traditions, and offers both a method and an implication of the question, "what is religion about?"
Galia Patt-Shamir is Senior Lecturer in the Department of East Asian Studies at Tel-Aviv University.
