To Broaden the Way: A Confucian-Jewish DialogueLexington Books, 2006 - 323 pages 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? |
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Contents
Where Religions Meet Learning a Way and Ways of Learning | 3 |
What Literature Mirrors Biblical Themes as Universal Themes | 43 |
How Philosophy Suggests From Understanding Texts to Understanding Life through Living Riddles | 63 |
DEALING WITH IT EQUIVALENCE UNIQUENESS AND UNIVERSALITY IN CONFUCIANISM AND JUDAISM | 109 |
From Eden through Babel to the Land of Moriah Life as Perpetual Test | 111 |
From Earth through Man to Heaven Life as a Mystery | 167 |
Confucian Way as Living a Riddle | 241 |
Chinese Glossary | 295 |
Hebrew Glossary | 301 |
Bibliography | 305 |
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