ABSTRACT
This introduction presents an overview of the key concepts discussed in this book. The book elucidates some of the central aspects of David Hartman's work through the development of an organizing category through which to review his teaching and writing. His work can be viewed through by three primary organizing principles. The first focuses on him as a philosopher of rabbinic, medieval, and modern thought. The second organizing principle is to see his work through the prism of a theologian engaged in understanding, interpreting, and developing a modern theology, and an adequate language for a life with God. The third organizing principle is to see his work as that of an Israeli philosopher. The book focuses on this third principle. It then addresses the issues and challenges that David Hartman believes Jews face in the modern world, and highlights the philosophy of Judaism that he develops in response.
