Torah Msinai a Conservative View
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Modern Judaism faces a critical tension between reason and revelation, with Orthodox Judaism anchored in Sinaitic revelation while rationalist approaches seek purely logical foundations. Neither path fully serves contemporary Jewish consciousness. Through philosophical analysis and theological examination, Jacob B. Agus proposes a synthesis that validates both channels of religious truth. Drawing on medieval philosophical Judaism, particularly Maimonides' work, and evaluating fundamentalist and rationalist positions against modern philosophical criteria of criticism, universality, and empiricism, Agus develops a three-stage model of Divine revelation: universal ethical intuition, religious awareness of the holy, and prophetic insight granted to spiritual geniuses. The investigation reveals revelation as a genuine phenomenon that withstands philosophical scrutiny while preserving its religious essence. Authentic Jewish faith emerges as requiring both objective standards from ethics and piety, and subjective elements that particularize universal truths within Jewish tradition. This framework enables Conservative Judaism to embrace historical criticism while affirming Divine inspiration in Jewish heritage, positioning Judaism as a revealed faith born through genuine encounter between human consciousness and Divine truth.

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Published 1947
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Jacob Agus