ZACHARIAS FRANKEL AND SOLOMON SCHECHTER’S INTELLECTUAL PERSONALITIES AND THEIR EFFECTS ON CONSERVATIVE JUDAISM

Year 2018, Issue: 5, 119 - 128, 10.06.2018

İsmail Başaran

Abstract

Zacharias Frankel and Solomon Schechter are very important figures in
Conservative Judaism. First of all, this importance comes from the idea which
defends that Judaism had always been an evolving religion historically.
Frankel, who is the founder of Historical School, his idea of Judaism has been
completely transferred to Conservative Judaism. Therefore, Frankel has been
accepted as the philosophical founder of Conservative Judaism stemming from his
influence. Schechter also played a very important role in institutionalizing
Conservative Judaism in the United States of America and has been marked in the
history of American Judaism as the founder of the movement. In this article,
Frankel and Schechter, who have been accepted as founders of Conservative
Judaism and their intellectual aspects and influences to the movement and
contributions, will be evaluated.

Keywords

Conservative judaism, historical school, Zacharias Frankel, Solomon Schechter, Jewish theological seminary

ZACHARIAS FRANKEL VE SOLOMON SCHECHTER’İN ENTELEKTÜEL KİŞİLİKLERİ VE MUHAFAZAKAR YAHUDİLİĞE ETKİLERİ

Abstract

Muhafazakar Yahudilikte Zacharias Frankel (ö. 1975) ve Solomon Schechter
(ö. 1915)’in çok büyük önemi vardır. Öncelikle bu önem, Yahudiliğin tarihsel
olarak sürekli yenilendiğini savunan Tarihi Ekol’ün kurucusu Frankel’in bu
düşüncesinin olduğu gibi Muhafazakar Yahudiliğe aktarılmış olmasından
kaynaklanmaktadır. Bu yüzden Frankel bu etkisinden dolayı, Muhafazakar
Yahudilikte felsefi kurucu sayılmaktadır. Schechter de, Muhafazakar Yahudiliğin
Amerika Birleşik Devletlerindeki kurumsallaşmasında büyük rol oynamış ve akımın
bu ülkede kurucusu olarak Amerikan Yahudiliği tarihine geçmiştir. Bu makalede,
Muhafazakar Yahudilik açısından kurucular olarak kabul edilen bu iki önemli
şahsiyetin entelektüel kişilikleri, akıma etki ve katkıları ele alınacaktır.

Keywords

Muhafazakar yahudilik, tarihi ekol, Zacharias Frankel, Solomon Schechter, yahudi teoloji üniversitesi

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