Steven D Kepnes
Biographic Data
| ID | 9254951 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Steven D Kepnes |
| GIVEN NAMES | Steven D |
| FAMILY NAME | Kepnes |
| SIGNATURE | KEPNES S D |
| AFFILIATIONS | DEPARTMENT OF RELIGIOUS STUDIES UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA, CHARLOTTESVILLE |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 7 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1981 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2008 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Peter Ochs
As theologian, Ochs adopts C. S. Peirce's notions of “thirdness” to find an alternative to the dichotomies particular/universal, traditional/modern, individual/community that plague modern thought and theology. In the difficult attempt to walk this fine line between the dichotomies of contemporary thought, Ochs often finds himself misunderstood by the two camps on either side of him. Thus, we see that Batnitzky accuses him of being too universali…
Moses Mendelssohn's Philosophy of Jewish Liturgy
This paper represents an attempt to reflect on the significance of liturgy for postliberal Jewish thought. I do this by investigating the work of the eighteenth‐century Jewish enlightenment figure Moses Mendelssohn in the context of the postliberal thought of George Lindbeck. Mendelssohn not only shows how liturgy can be central to postliberal approaches to monotheism, but he also shows how enlightenment notions of a universal rational religion r…
Buber as Hermeneut
In speaking about his objective in translating the tales of Nahman of Bratslav in July of 1906 Martin Buber said, “In general it is not my goal to gather new facts, but rather solely to give a new interpretation of their coherence, a new synthetic presentation of Jewish mystics and their creations.” Before his death, in responding to harsh criticism of his translations of the Hasidic tales, Buber referred to his work as an attempt “to convey to o…
In Pursuit of Dialogue
In his combative response to my Perspectives essay, Robert Segal attempts to bring further clarity to an issue which we both agree deserves serious attention: methodological crisis in study of Unfortunately, I find his response so laden with poorly argued and picayune distinctions that it is neither clarifying nor helpful in producing a constructive dialogue between scholars in religious on different methodological approaches they employ. Neverth…
A Hermeneutic Approach to the Buber-Scholem Controversy
Bridging the Gap between Understanding and Explanation Approaches to the Study of Religion
Methods of studying religion can be divided into those which help the investigator understand religion from the believer's standpoint and those which explain religion in the terms of the sciences. Yet despite the contemporary polemics, these methods need not be alienated from one another. Applying the hermeneutic theory of Paul Ricoeur we can see that the study of religion involves us in an act of interpretation which necessarily requires both me…
Tormented Master
Tormented Master
Bridging the Gap between Understanding and Explanation Approaches to the Study of Religion
Methods of studying religion can be divided into those which help the investigator understand religion from the believer's standpoint and those which explain religion in the terms of the sciences. Yet despite the contemporary polemics, these methods need not be alienated from one another. Applying the hermeneutic theory of Paul Ricoeur we can see that the study of religion involves us in an act of interpretation which necessarily requires both me…
A Hermeneutic Approach to the Buber-Scholem Controversy
Buber as Hermeneut
In speaking about his objective in translating the tales of Nahman of Bratslav in July of 1906 Martin Buber said, “In general it is not my goal to gather new facts, but rather solely to give a new interpretation of their coherence, a new synthetic presentation of Jewish mystics and their creations.” Before his death, in responding to harsh criticism of his translations of the Hasidic tales, Buber referred to his work as an attempt “to convey to o…
In Pursuit of Dialogue
In his combative response to my Perspectives essay, Robert Segal attempts to bring further clarity to an issue which we both agree deserves serious attention: methodological crisis in study of Unfortunately, I find his response so laden with poorly argued and picayune distinctions that it is neither clarifying nor helpful in producing a constructive dialogue between scholars in religious on different methodological approaches they employ. Neverth…
Moses Mendelssohn's Philosophy of Jewish Liturgy
This paper represents an attempt to reflect on the significance of liturgy for postliberal Jewish thought. I do this by investigating the work of the eighteenth‐century Jewish enlightenment figure Moses Mendelssohn in the context of the postliberal thought of George Lindbeck. Mendelssohn not only shows how liturgy can be central to postliberal approaches to monotheism, but he also shows how enlightenment notions of a universal rational religion r…
Peter Ochs
As theologian, Ochs adopts C. S. Peirce's notions of “thirdness” to find an alternative to the dichotomies particular/universal, traditional/modern, individual/community that plague modern thought and theology. In the difficult attempt to walk this fine line between the dichotomies of contemporary thought, Ochs often finds himself misunderstood by the two camps on either side of him. Thus, we see that Batnitzky accuses him of being too universali…
Philosophy (7 works) · Epistemology (5 works) · Theology (4 works) · Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies (3 works) · Religion and Society Interactions (3 works) · Computer Science (2 works) · Hermeneutics (2 works) · Judaism (2 works) · Medieval and Classical Philosophy (2 works) · Philosophy, Ethics, and Existentialism (2 works)