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Moving Beyond History the Challenge of M

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Can God meaningfully act in history if history itself is merely a constructed "world of experience" created by historians? Michael Oakeshott's philosophical framework poses this profound challenge to Jewish theology and its understanding of divine providence. Through detailed analysis of Oakeshott's *Experience and Its Modes* (1933), the research reveals how his conceptualization of history fundamentally undermines traditional Jewish theological claims about revelation and divine intervention. Oakeshott argues that incorporating God into historical explanation would destroy the integrity of historical inquiry itself. This creates significant tensions with biblical theology's emphasis on divine action in events like Sinai and Exodus, and challenges contemporary Jewish scholarship's reliance on historical-critical methods. The analysis demonstrates that while Oakeshott's rigid separation between "practical" and "historical" approaches to the past threatens historical Judaism's foundations, it may paradoxically strengthen theological integrity by preventing the reduction of divine activity to mere human interpretation of events. This philosophical examination advances current debates about reconciling historical methodology with religious faith in modern Jewish thought.

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    Published 1992

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    Elliot Gertel