Avi Sagi
Biographic Data
| ID | 3891927 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Avi Sagi |
| GIVEN NAMES | Avi |
| FAMILY NAME | Sagi |
| SIGNATURE | SAGI A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Bar-Ilan University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 22 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 3 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 21 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1991 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Between Religion and Religiosity
The main thesis presented in this article rejects the identification of the "death of God" idea with atheism. Atheism is a metaphysical claim stating that the signifier God has no signified. By contrast, the "death of God" notion conveys a moment of crisis in believers' lives where the God that had been present in their lives is dead. The "death of God" idea led, on the one hand, to the negation of God's relevance in human life, as presented by N…
Light Through the Crack
This monograph analyzes ways of thinking about life’s metaphysical meaning in the midst of major catastrophes such as the Covid-19 pandemic.
Light Through the Crack
Religious-Zionism
In the public discourse and the research literature, the signifier "religious-Zionism" is usually viewed as denoting a specific group located midway between secular and ultra-Orthodox Jews. This location does not turn religious-Zionism into a residual category including whoever is not part of the two others. Quite the contrary. Religious-Zionism used to be a group with unique characteristics, including values and a normative fullness of its own. …
Morality and Religion
Sexuality and the Body in New Religious Zionist Discourse
Religious-Zionism developed in Israel as an attempt to combine halakhic commitment with the values of modernity, two networks of meaning not easily reconciled. This book presents a study of the discourse on the body and sexuality within religious-Zionism as it has developed in recent decades, including in cyberspace, and considers such issues as homosexuality, lesbianism, masturbation, and the relationships between the sexes. It also analyzes the…
The Multicultural Challenge in Israel
Delving into Israel's multifaceted society, editors Avi Sagi and Ohad Nachtomy, along with their distinguished contributors, explore the many ethnic and religious communities that comprise modern Israel and the ways in which they interact and often misunderstand each other. Detailing both the tensions between Israelis and Arab minorities as well as issues involving recent immigrants and the different religious sects within the Jewish community at…
Religious Zionism and the Six Day War from realism to messianism
"The book offers a new insight into the political, social, and religious conduct of religious-Zionism, whose consequences are evident in Israeli society today. Before the Six-Day War, religious-Zionism had limited its concern to the protection of specific religious interests, with its representatives having little share in the determination of Israel's national agenda. Fifty years after it, religious-Zionism has turned into one of Israeli society…
Religious Zionism and the Six-Day War
This book offers a new insight into the political, social, and religious conduct of religious-Zionism, whose consequences are evident in Israeli society today. Before the Six-Day War, religious-Zionism had limited its concern to the protection of specific religious interests, with its representatives having little share in the determination of Israel’s national agenda. Fifty years after it, religious-Zionism has turned into one of Israeli society…
Natural Law and Halakhah
Reflections on the Challenges Confronting the Philosophy of Halakhah
The gap between the role that Halakhah has played throughout the history of the Jewish people and its standing in classic and modern Jewish thought is one of the more puzzling paradoxes in the history of ideas. Unquestionably, Halakhah has been the main arena for the expression of the religious, moral, and practical achievements of the Jewish people. As the complex of norms binding on Jews, Halakhah also reflected the fundamental perceptions of t…
The Cambridge History of Jewish Philosophy
Tradition vs. Traditionalism
This book is a first attempt to examine the thought of key contemporary Jewish thinkers on the meaning of tradition in the context of two models. The classic model assumes that tradition reflects lack of dynamism and reflectiveness, and the present's unqualified submission to the past. This view, however, is an image that the modernist ethos has ascribed to the tradition so as to remove it from modern existence. In the alternative model, a living…
Tradition vs. Traditionalism
"This book is a first attempt to examine the thought of key contemporary Jewish thinkers on the meaning of tradition in the context of two models. The classic model assumes that tradition reflects lack of dynamism and reflectiveness, and the present's unqualified submission to the past. This view, however, is an image that the modernist ethos has ascribed to the tradition so as to remove it from modern existence. In the alternative model, a livin…
The Meaning of the Akedah in Israeli Culture and Jewish Tradition
BIBLICAL MYTHS ARE A RECURRING motif in the self-interpretation of Israeli culture, reflecting this culture's perception of its unique plight. A process of self-interpretation through myths, however, implies a particular reading, whether conscious or unconscious, of the myths themselves. Israeli culture thus adds a layer to traditional interpretations. A myth that is central to this process of self-reflection is that of the Akedah [the binding of…
Yeshayahu Leibowitz – A Breakthrough in Jewish Philosophy
An honest religious thinker is like a tightrope walker. He almost looks as though he were walking on nothing but air. His support is the slenderest imaginable. And yet it really is possible to walk on it.Nicholai Hartman suggested the well-known distinction between ‘systematic thinking’ and ‘problem thinking’. Whereas the former begins from a series of assumptions and proceeds to offer all-encompassing solutions, the latter begins from a problem …
Contending with Modernity
Models of Authority and the Duty of Obedience in Halakhic Literature
The status of religious authority and the obligation to obey its rulings are crucial concerns of traditional societies, and they are repeatedly voiced in halakhic literature. The ways in which traditional societies contend with these issues may be indicative of a basic ethos, extending far beyond the level of interpersonal relations. As it is embodied in certain persons or institutions, authority often reflects not only a necessary social order b…
Giyyur, Jewish Identity, and Modernization
Journal Article GIYYUR, JEWISH IDENTITY, AND MODERNIZATION: AN ANALYSIS OF HALAKHIC SOURCES Get access Avi Sagi, Avi Sagi SHALOM HARTMAN INSTITUTEJERUSALEM Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Zvi Zohar Zvi Zohar SHALOM HARTMAN INSTITUTEJERUSALEM Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Modern Judaism - A Journal of Jewish Ideas and Experience, Volume 15, Issue 1, February 1995, …
The Punishment of Amalek in Jewish Tradition
The story of Amalek's deed occurs twice in the Bible: in Exod 17:8–16 and in Deut 25:17–19. The account in Exodus is quite succinct: “Then came Amalek and fought with Israel in Refidim” (Exod 17:8); in contrast, the description in Deuteronomy paints a broader and more detailed picture: “Remember what Amalek did to thee by the way, when you were come out of Egypt: how he met thee by the way, and smote the hindmost of thee, all that were feeble in …
Halakhic Praxis and the Word of God
The existential meaning of the art of theatre in Kierkegaard's philosophy
The Meaning of the Akedah in Israeli Culture and Jewish Tradition
BIBLICAL MYTHS ARE A RECURRING motif in the self-interpretation of Israeli culture, reflecting this culture's perception of its unique plight. A process of self-interpretation through myths, however, implies a particular reading, whether conscious or unconscious, of the myths themselves. Israeli culture thus adds a layer to traditional interpretations. A myth that is central to this process of self-reflection is that of the Akedah [the binding of…
Models of Authority and the Duty of Obedience in Halakhic Literature
The status of religious authority and the obligation to obey its rulings are crucial concerns of traditional societies, and they are repeatedly voiced in halakhic literature. The ways in which traditional societies contend with these issues may be indicative of a basic ethos, extending far beyond the level of interpersonal relations. As it is embodied in certain persons or institutions, authority often reflects not only a necessary social order b…
The existential meaning of the art of theatre in Kierkegaard's philosophy
Halakhic Praxis and the Word of God
The Punishment of Amalek in Jewish Tradition
The story of Amalek's deed occurs twice in the Bible: in Exod 17:8–16 and in Deut 25:17–19. The account in Exodus is quite succinct: “Then came Amalek and fought with Israel in Refidim” (Exod 17:8); in contrast, the description in Deuteronomy paints a broader and more detailed picture: “Remember what Amalek did to thee by the way, when you were come out of Egypt: how he met thee by the way, and smote the hindmost of thee, all that were feeble in …
Models of Authority and the Duty of Obedience in Halakhic Literature
The status of religious authority and the obligation to obey its rulings are crucial concerns of traditional societies, and they are repeatedly voiced in halakhic literature. The ways in which traditional societies contend with these issues may be indicative of a basic ethos, extending far beyond the level of interpersonal relations. As it is embodied in certain persons or institutions, authority often reflects not only a necessary social order b…
Giyyur, Jewish Identity, and Modernization
Journal Article GIYYUR, JEWISH IDENTITY, AND MODERNIZATION: AN ANALYSIS OF HALAKHIC SOURCES Get access Avi Sagi, Avi Sagi SHALOM HARTMAN INSTITUTEJERUSALEM Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Zvi Zohar Zvi Zohar SHALOM HARTMAN INSTITUTEJERUSALEM Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Modern Judaism - A Journal of Jewish Ideas and Experience, Volume 15, Issue 1, February 1995, …
Yeshayahu Leibowitz – A Breakthrough in Jewish Philosophy
An honest religious thinker is like a tightrope walker. He almost looks as though he were walking on nothing but air. His support is the slenderest imaginable. And yet it really is possible to walk on it.Nicholai Hartman suggested the well-known distinction between ‘systematic thinking’ and ‘problem thinking’. Whereas the former begins from a series of assumptions and proceeds to offer all-encompassing solutions, the latter begins from a problem …
Contending with Modernity
The Meaning of the Akedah in Israeli Culture and Jewish Tradition
BIBLICAL MYTHS ARE A RECURRING motif in the self-interpretation of Israeli culture, reflecting this culture's perception of its unique plight. A process of self-interpretation through myths, however, implies a particular reading, whether conscious or unconscious, of the myths themselves. Israeli culture thus adds a layer to traditional interpretations. A myth that is central to this process of self-reflection is that of the Akedah [the binding of…
Tradition vs. Traditionalism
This book is a first attempt to examine the thought of key contemporary Jewish thinkers on the meaning of tradition in the context of two models. The classic model assumes that tradition reflects lack of dynamism and reflectiveness, and the present's unqualified submission to the past. This view, however, is an image that the modernist ethos has ascribed to the tradition so as to remove it from modern existence. In the alternative model, a living…
Tradition vs. Traditionalism
"This book is a first attempt to examine the thought of key contemporary Jewish thinkers on the meaning of tradition in the context of two models. The classic model assumes that tradition reflects lack of dynamism and reflectiveness, and the present's unqualified submission to the past. This view, however, is an image that the modernist ethos has ascribed to the tradition so as to remove it from modern existence. In the alternative model, a livin…
Reflections on the Challenges Confronting the Philosophy of Halakhah
The gap between the role that Halakhah has played throughout the history of the Jewish people and its standing in classic and modern Jewish thought is one of the more puzzling paradoxes in the history of ideas. Unquestionably, Halakhah has been the main arena for the expression of the religious, moral, and practical achievements of the Jewish people. As the complex of norms binding on Jews, Halakhah also reflected the fundamental perceptions of t…
The Cambridge History of Jewish Philosophy
Natural Law and Halakhah
Religious Zionism and the Six Day War from realism to messianism
"The book offers a new insight into the political, social, and religious conduct of religious-Zionism, whose consequences are evident in Israeli society today. Before the Six-Day War, religious-Zionism had limited its concern to the protection of specific religious interests, with its representatives having little share in the determination of Israel's national agenda. Fifty years after it, religious-Zionism has turned into one of Israeli society…
Religious Zionism and the Six-Day War
This book offers a new insight into the political, social, and religious conduct of religious-Zionism, whose consequences are evident in Israeli society today. Before the Six-Day War, religious-Zionism had limited its concern to the protection of specific religious interests, with its representatives having little share in the determination of Israel’s national agenda. Fifty years after it, religious-Zionism has turned into one of Israeli society…
Sexuality and the Body in New Religious Zionist Discourse
Religious-Zionism developed in Israel as an attempt to combine halakhic commitment with the values of modernity, two networks of meaning not easily reconciled. This book presents a study of the discourse on the body and sexuality within religious-Zionism as it has developed in recent decades, including in cyberspace, and considers such issues as homosexuality, lesbianism, masturbation, and the relationships between the sexes. It also analyzes the…
The Multicultural Challenge in Israel
Delving into Israel's multifaceted society, editors Avi Sagi and Ohad Nachtomy, along with their distinguished contributors, explore the many ethnic and religious communities that comprise modern Israel and the ways in which they interact and often misunderstand each other. Detailing both the tensions between Israelis and Arab minorities as well as issues involving recent immigrants and the different religious sects within the Jewish community at…
Morality and Religion
Religious-Zionism
In the public discourse and the research literature, the signifier "religious-Zionism" is usually viewed as denoting a specific group located midway between secular and ultra-Orthodox Jews. This location does not turn religious-Zionism into a residual category including whoever is not part of the two others. Quite the contrary. Religious-Zionism used to be a group with unique characteristics, including values and a normative fullness of its own. …
Light Through the Crack
This monograph analyzes ways of thinking about life’s metaphysical meaning in the midst of major catastrophes such as the Covid-19 pandemic.
Light Through the Crack
Between Religion and Religiosity
The main thesis presented in this article rejects the identification of the "death of God" idea with atheism. Atheism is a metaphysical claim stating that the signifier God has no signified. By contrast, the "death of God" notion conveys a moment of crisis in believers' lives where the God that had been present in their lives is dead. The "death of God" idea led, on the one hand, to the negation of God's relevance in human life, as presented by N…
Philosophy (19 works) · Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies (14 works) · Judaism (11 works) · Sociology (11 works) · Epistemology (10 works) · Political science (10 works) · Religious studies (10 works) · Theology (10 works) · Law (8 works) · Biblical Studies and Interpretation (7 works)