Abstract
This article discusses self-trust as a psycho-theological foundation
within the spiritual-interpretive homilies of R. Yehudah Arieh Leib
Alter (1847–1905), a leading figure among Polish Jewry, who was
the leader of the Ger Hasidim and the author of the Sfat Emet
homilies. Although this work was written in the second half of the 19th
century, the hermeneutics that are at play in these homilies can
be said to operate on what Thiselton qualifies as innocence in regard
to religious texts: The audience to whom the homilies originally were
addressed shared a deep trust in the texts, which are constitutive of
their daily religious lives. Neither doubt nor suspicion had altered
this primary innocence.
within the spiritual-interpretive homilies of R. Yehudah Arieh Leib
Alter (1847–1905), a leading figure among Polish Jewry, who was
the leader of the Ger Hasidim and the author of the Sfat Emet
homilies. Although this work was written in the second half of the 19th
century, the hermeneutics that are at play in these homilies can
be said to operate on what Thiselton qualifies as innocence in regard
to religious texts: The audience to whom the homilies originally were
addressed shared a deep trust in the texts, which are constitutive of
their daily religious lives. Neither doubt nor suspicion had altered
this primary innocence.
| Original language | American English |
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| Title of host publication | The Oral and the Textual in Jewish Tradition and Jewish Education |
| Editors | Jonathan Cohen, Matt Goldish, Barry Holtz |
| Place of Publication | Jerusalem |
| Pages | 139-164 |
| Number of pages | 26 |
| Volume | 15 |
| State | Published - 2019 |
Publication series
| Name | Studies in Jewish Education Series |
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