Rational Ideas Book Two

£19.49 £25.99

Rational Ideas Book Two

Name: Rational Ideas Book Two
Brand: Gefen Publishing House
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Written by Israel Drazin

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This book provides examples of how Judaism has evolved from the time of Moses. These examples of change teach significant lessons. According to Exodus 33:18–23, when Moses requested that God reveal what God is, God replied, "You can only see My back, but you cannot see My face." This means we can only understand some aspects of what God is by seeing and understanding what God has created. Thus, by studying, understanding, and applying science, we gain knowledge about God, enhance our capabilities, and help humans, animals, plants, and all inanimate objects reach their full potential. We do this by using the “image of God” that the opening chapter of the Torah states God placed in humans. Maimonides explained in his Guide for the Perplexed that this “image” is human intelligence. The examples of change in Judaism should also prompt us to consider that God requires people to change positively by improving and becoming all they can be, to change others by treating even strangers as we would like to be treated, and to change all creation to enhance it and make it a paradise for all people.

Dr. Israel Drazin served for thirty-one years in the US military and attained the rank of Brigadier General. He has a PhD in Judaic studies, a master s degree in psychology, a master s degree in Hebrew literature, and is an attorney and a rabbi. He developed the legal strategy that saved the military chaplaincy when its constitutionality was attacked in court, and received the Legion of Merit for his service. He was the scholar who recognized that Targum Onkelos incorporated hundreds of words from the Tannaitic Midrashim, edited around 400 CE, and therefore must have been composed after that date, a period much later than has been widely accepted. He is the author of twenty-five books, including a series of five volumes on the Aramaic translation of the Hebrew Bible, which he co-authored with Dr. Stanley M. Wagner, and a series of four books on the twelfth-century philosopher Moses Maimonides, the latest being Maimonides: Reason Above All, published by Gefen Publishing House.

ISBN-13: 9789657801932
Publisher: Gefen Publishing House
Imprint: Gefen Publishing House
Publication date: 1 December 2025
Format: Hardback
Dimensions: 245 x 180 mm
Language: English