Abstract
What happens when you assume that the world is a dream in the mind of God, or that the world's history is a story that God is spinning? Focusing on the role that this assumption plays in the thought of Rabbi Mordechai Yosef Leiner (1801-1854), at least as it is understood by Rabbi Herzl Hefter, I argue that this assumption generates interesting solutions to old riddles in the philosophy of religion and interesting insights into the nature of religious language.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 183-204 |
Number of pages | 22 |
Journal | Religious Studies |
Volume | 51 |
Issue number | 2 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 30 Jun 2015 |
Externally published | Yes |
Bibliographical note
Publisher Copyright:Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2014.
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Religious studies
- Philosophy