Scholarly Man of Faith - Studies in the Thought & Writings of R' Soloveitchik

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This volume addresses a series of fascinating yet less-explored aspects of Rav Joseph B. Soloveitchik's teachings and thinking. The essays included delve into the Rav's approach toward understanding biblical figures in a comparative light, his views on emotion and intellect and their interrelationship, his appreciation of Yehudah ha-Levi as a seminal Jewish thinker, his unusual understanding of the history of medieval rabbinic literature and the implications for modernity, and his attitude and approach toward scientific method.

The volume concludes with an extensive bibliographic survey of contemporary scholarship on Rav Soloveitchik's writings and thought. Long-time students and listeners, and an ever-increasing cadre of newer devotees, will not fail to be deeply impressed and inspired by the range, profundity, and humanity of the Rav's work.

Edited by Ephraim Kanarfogel and Dov Schwartz

About the Editors:

Ephraim Kanarfogel is the E. Billi Ivry University Professor of Jewish History, Literature, and Law at Yeshiva University's Bernard Revel Graduate School of Jewish Studies. He is a winner of the National Jewish Book Award for Scholarship and the Goldstein-Goren International Book Prize in Jewish Thought, and serves as Editor-in-Chief of the international journal, Jewish History.

Dov Schwartz is Professor of Philosophy at Bar-Ilan University, where he heads the Warhaftig Research Institute for Religious Zionism. He is a winner of the EMET Prize in the Humanities, and serves as editor of Da'at, a leading journal of Jewish thought, and the bibliographic journal Alei Sefer.

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