Michael Wyschogrod

American philosopher and theologian

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Judaism

  • Jerusalem: Western Wall, Temple Mount
    In Judaism: Modern views of the people Israel

    …the concept of “chosenness” was Michael Wyschogrod’s The Body of Faith (1983) and David Novak’s The Election of Israel (1995). Wyschogrod held that the people of Israel were elected because of God’s exceptional love for them and that God’s love existed prior to the revelation to Moses on Mount Sinai.…

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