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To broaden the way : a Confucian-Jewish dialogue

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, this book presents a comparative perspective of Confucianism and Judaism regarding the relatedness between contradictory expressions in texts.
Print Book, English, 2006
Lexington Books, Lanham, 2006
323 Seiten : Illustrationen.
9780739110232, 9780739111918, 0739110233, 0739111914
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0 Bibliography 0 Introduction:Way and Walk Chapter 1 Where Religions Meet: Dao and Halakh - A Dialogue of Ways Part 1 How to Deal With It? Religious Philosophical and Literary Origins Chapter 2 What Literature Mirrors: Biblical Themes as Universal Themes Part 2 Application: Living Riddle as Test; Living Riddle as Mystery Chapter 3 How Philosophy Suggests: From Understanding Texts to Understanding Life through Living Riddles Chapter 4 From Eden to Babel through the Land of Moriah:Life as Perpetual Text Chapter 5 From Earth to Man through Heaven: Life as Mystery Chapter 6 Confucian Way as Living a Riddle