Religious Definitions of Man and his Social Institutions Part 1

The Rav discusses the dichotomous nature of the search of meaning and truth in the religious experience; God is simultaneously infinitely far away and intimately close to the religious person. 0:00 Homo Theoreticus versus Homo Religiosus 23:24 Judaism, Christianity, and Greek Philosophy’s approach to understanding man 43:22 The concepts of Deus absconditus and Deus revelatus and the difference between Christianity and Judaism For any questions or suggestions regarding the transcription, please email us at [email protected].