Abstract
"Jewish Nothing-elsism" is the school of thought according to which there is nothing else besides God. This school is sometimes and erroneously interpreted as pantheistic or acosmic. In this paper I argue that Jewish Nothing-elsism is better interpreted as a form of "panentheistic priority holism", and still better interpreted as a form of "idealistic priority monism". On this final interpretation, Jewish Nothing-elsism is neither pantheist, panentheist, nor acosmic. Jewish Nothing-elsism is Hassidic idealism, and nothing else. Moreover, I argue that Jewish Nothing-elsism follows from some very basic assumptions common to almost every theist. All theists should be Nothing-elsers.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 91-110 |
Number of pages | 20 |
Journal | European Journal for Philosophy of Religion |
Volume | 11 |
Issue number | 2 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 2019 |
Bibliographical note
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ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Religious studies
- Philosophy