The Views of Rabbi Moses Feinstein, Rabbi Abraham Joshua ...
The Views of Rabbi Moses Feinstein, Rabbi Abraham Joshua ... The Views of Rabbi Moses Feinstein, Rabbi Abraham Joshua ...
ABSTRACT The Views of Rabbi Moses Feinstein, Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel, and Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik on Interfaith Dialogue A thesis presented to the Near Eastern and Judaic Studies Department Graduate School of Arts and Sciences Brandeis University Waltham, Massachusetts By David Orenstein The present thesis will provide an overview of ecumenism as well as important information necessary for its proper historical contextualization; discuss the Second Vatican Council as well as elucidate the official documents associated with it; provide biographical sketches of Rabbis Moses Feinstein, Abraham Joshua Heschel, and Joseph B. Soloveitchik; explicate the positions on interfaith dialogue advocated by these rabbinic personalities; delineate where such positions converge and diverge; and assess the contemporary implications of these positions for the future of interfaith dialogue and interactions involving both Jews and Christians. ii
TABLE OF CONTENTS 1 Overview: Ecumenism 1 2 The Second Vatican Council/Nostra Aetate 9 3 Rabbi Moses Feinstein: Biographical Sketch 16 4 Rabbi Moses Feinstein on Interfaith Dialogue 20 5 Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik & Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel: Biographical Sketches 25 6 Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik on Interfaith Dialogue 28 7 Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel on Interfaith Dialogue 34 8 Convergences and Divergences 37 9 Contemporary Implications 41 Bibliography 46 iii
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ABSTRACT<br />
<strong>The</strong> <strong>Views</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Rabbi</strong> <strong>Moses</strong> <strong>Feinstein</strong>, <strong>Rabbi</strong> <strong>Abraham</strong> <strong>Joshua</strong> Heschel, and <strong>Rabbi</strong> Joseph<br />
B. Soloveitchik on Interfaith Dialogue<br />
A thesis presented to the Near Eastern and Judaic Studies Department<br />
Graduate School <strong>of</strong> Arts and Sciences<br />
Brandeis University<br />
Waltham, Massachusetts<br />
By David Orenstein<br />
<strong>The</strong> present thesis will provide an overview <strong>of</strong> ecumenism as well as important<br />
information necessary for its proper historical contextualization; discuss the Second<br />
Vatican Council as well as elucidate the <strong>of</strong>ficial documents associated with it; provide<br />
biographical sketches <strong>of</strong> <strong>Rabbi</strong>s <strong>Moses</strong> <strong>Feinstein</strong>, <strong>Abraham</strong> <strong>Joshua</strong> Heschel, and Joseph<br />
B. Soloveitchik; explicate the positions on interfaith dialogue advocated by these rabbinic<br />
personalities; delineate where such positions converge and diverge; and assess the<br />
contemporary implications <strong>of</strong> these positions for the future <strong>of</strong> interfaith dialogue and<br />
interactions involving both Jews and Christians.<br />
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