Dominican University of California
Commanded to Holiness: Reflections on Leviticus 19:1-2 and Contemporary Judaism
Abstract
dc:description.abstract<p>This thesis reflects upon the overarching ramifications for both ancient Jewry and contemporary Judaism of the single Torah commandment found in Leviticus 19.1-2. “You shall be holy, for I the Lord. Your God am holy.” Based on teachings culled from the Torah Talmud. Kabbalah, and the sages of Jewish tradition and scholarship, the study forwards the philosophical stance that the holiness commanded of the ancient nation of Israel in Biblical times is as vital, applicable, and achievable in contemporary . Judaism as it was then. Examining the Judaic precept of <em>kadosh</em>, holy separation from the profane, the work takes a philosophical approach to the startling, but foundational, Jewis teaching from Leviticus 19: 1-2, that a human being is commanded to be as My as God. The <em>nefesh</em> (human being), comprised not just of body, but of <em>neshama</em> (soul), and the Biblical expectations for both the body and the soul regarding the commandment holy, are explored.</p>
Degree
thesis:*- Name thesis:degree_name
- Master of Arts
- Level thesis:degree_level
- Master's Thesis
- Discipline thesis:degree_discipline
- Humanities
- Year
- 2005
Author and committee
dc:creator, dc:contributor.*- Author dc:creator
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- Kanat, Jolie
- Contributors dc:contributor
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- Lawrence Kushner
- Scott Sinclair, PhD
Subjects
dc:subject × 2Identifiers
dc:identifier.*- Repository record dc:identifier
- https://scholar.dominican.edu/humanities-print-theses/248
- OAI identifier oai:identifier
- oai:scholar.dominican.edu:humanities-print-theses-1247