Background
Kaufman, William Elliot was born on December 28, 1938 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Harry and Elizabeth (Sladovsky) Kaufman.
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Here is a systematic critique of the theological and philosophical views of the major Jewish thinkers of the 20th century. The pattern of the book is one of challenge and response, with the purpose of activating the mind of the reader to the vital issues of Jewish theology in our own time. New forms of Jewish philosophic inquiry in response to the Holocaust, the American Jewish experience, and the establishment of the state of Israel, makes necessary a clear and comprehensive framework in which contemporary Jewish thought may be studied. Kaufman traces the effects of this new stage of philosophical thinking through the writings of such luminaries as Franz Rosenzweig, Martin Buber, Leo Baeck, and Mordecai Kaplan, as well as seeking the sources of the thought of such contemporary figures as Emil Fackenheim, Jacob Agus, Arthur Cohen, Eugene Borowitz, Richard Rubenstein, and Abraham Joshua Heschel in the traditional roots of covenant, salvation, and transcendence.
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Elaine Safer's critically acclaimed work analyzes how 20th century epic writers make ironic use of traditional themes and patterns to develop a new genre, the American comic epic novel. Illustrating practical criticism at its best, the book closely scrutinizes six modern comic novels from John Barth, Thomas Pynchon, William Gaddis , and Ken Kesey. Safer supports her study with a firm grasp of the English epic of John Milton, the American epics of Cotton Mather and Walt Whitman, and the comic tradition of Rabelais, Cervantes, and Fielding. Her examination allows the modern American absurdist novel to be seen within a tradition and yet as distinctively modern. In addition, the book provides a clear and wide-ranging theoretical framework for the absurd and for black humor, terms too loosely defined in the past.
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Kaufman, William Elliot was born on December 28, 1938 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Harry and Elizabeth (Sladovsky) Kaufman.
Bachelor, University of Pennsylvania, 1959; MHL, Jewish Theological Seminary, 1964; Doctor of Divinity, Jewish Theological Seminary, 1991; Doctor of Philosophy, Boston University, 1971.
Assistant rabbi, Congregation Kehillath Israel, Brookline, Massachusetts, 1964-1967; rabbi, Congregation B'nai Israel, Woonsocket, Rhode Island, 1967-1980; rabbi, Congregation Agudas Achim, San Antonio, 1980-1982; rabbi, Temple Beth El, Fall River, Massachusetts, since 1982. Adjunct Professor Rhode Island College, Providence, 1984, 91-. Secretary Rhode Island Board Rabbis, Providence, 1970-1972.
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Board of directors Northern Rhode Island Mental Health Clinic, Woonsocket, Inter-Faith Counseling Center, Greater Fall River. Member American Academy Religion, American Philosophical Association, Association for Jewish Studies, Woonsocket Clergy Association (Vice-President 1974-1980), Greater Fall River Inter-Faith Council.
Married Nathalie L. Kaufman, June 20, 1965. Children: Ari, Beth.