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Rabbi Dessler’s View of Secular Studies and Wissenschaft des Judentums
- Rabbi Eliyahu Eliezer Dessler (1892–1953) is often portrayed as antagonistic to secular studies. However, his writings show more of an intellectual hierarchy that places Torah wisdom at the top and all other wisdom a distant second. R. Dessler expended great effort promoting Torah scholarship while generally refraining from disparaging secular studies. Looking at the writings of his predecessors in the Mussar (moralist) movement, one can see that there was no disapproval of worldly education there, either: In fact, R. Dessler and his predecessors were well-educated in many secular disciplines. This essay looks to places R. Dessler’s attitude toward Wissenschaft des Judentums within the context of his life’s mission to advance talmudic study and his consequent unwillingness to countenance anything that detracted from furthering the learning of Torah. I argue that, whereas his extreme opposition to Wissenschaft was the result of his aversion to its aims, methods and conclusions, his nuanced relationship to Orthodox Wissenschaft was theRabbi Eliyahu Eliezer Dessler (1892–1953) is often portrayed as antagonistic to secular studies. However, his writings show more of an intellectual hierarchy that places Torah wisdom at the top and all other wisdom a distant second. R. Dessler expended great effort promoting Torah scholarship while generally refraining from disparaging secular studies. Looking at the writings of his predecessors in the Mussar (moralist) movement, one can see that there was no disapproval of worldly education there, either: In fact, R. Dessler and his predecessors were well-educated in many secular disciplines. This essay looks to places R. Dessler’s attitude toward Wissenschaft des Judentums within the context of his life’s mission to advance talmudic study and his consequent unwillingness to countenance anything that detracted from furthering the learning of Torah. I argue that, whereas his extreme opposition to Wissenschaft was the result of his aversion to its aims, methods and conclusions, his nuanced relationship to Orthodox Wissenschaft was the result of the hierarchy through which he viewed secular as opposed to talmudic study.…
Verfasserangaben: | Esther Solomon |
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URN: | urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-417810 |
Titel des übergeordneten Werks (Deutsch): | PaRDES : Zeitschrift der Vereinigung für Jüdische Studien e. V. |
Verlag: | Universitätsverlag Potsdam |
Verlagsort: | Potsdam |
Publikationstyp: | Wissenschaftlicher Artikel |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Datum der Erstveröffentlichung: | 01.10.2018 |
Erscheinungsjahr: | 2018 |
Veröffentlichende Institution: | Universität Potsdam |
Veröffentlichende Institution: | Universitätsverlag Potsdam |
Datum der Freischaltung: | 11.10.2018 |
Erste Seite: | 103 |
Letzte Seite: | 124 |
RVK - Regensburger Verbundklassifikation: | BD 1680 |
Organisationseinheiten: | Extern / Vereinigung für Jüdische Studien e. V. |
DDC-Klassifikation: | 2 Religion / 20 Religion / 200 Religion |
Peer Review: | Referiert |
Publikationsweg: | Open Access |
Universitätsverlag Potsdam | |
Sammlung(en): | Universität Potsdam / Zeitschriften / PaRDeS : Zeitschrift der Vereinigung für Jüdische Studien e.V., ISSN 1862-7684 / PaRDeS (2018) 24 / Articles |
Lizenz (Deutsch): | Keine öffentliche Lizenz: Unter Urheberrechtsschutz |