Dialogical Philosophy from Kierkegaard to Buber

Shmuel Hugo Bergman

• Hardcover | Engels | Suny Jewish Philosophy
• This book introduces American readers to a philosophical and spiritual exemplar of dialogue. The author presents a way of thinking about ourselves, th... Lees meer

Maimonides' Political Thought

Howard Kreisel

• Paperback | Engels | Suny Jewish Philosophy
• Examines Maimonides' political thought in light of his medieval Aristotelian and Jewish sources. This book presents a series of studies that cover a w... Lees meer

The Refutation of the Christian Principles

Hasdai Crescas

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• During the fourteenth century, there was a general demoralization in the Jewish community in Spain. Many Jews were on the brink of conversion. Rabbi C... Lees meer

The Pursuit of the Ideal

• Paperback | Engels | Suny Jewish Philosophy
• Steven Schwarzschild-rabbi, socialist, pacifist, theologian, and philosopher-is both the last of the major medieval Jewish philosophers and the most m... Lees meer

Autonomy and Judaism

• Paperback | Engels | Suny Jewish Philosophy
• This volume brings together leading philosophers of Judaism on the issue of autonomy in the Jewish tradition. Addressing themselves to the relationshi... Lees meer

Alternatives in Jewish Bioethics

Noam J Zohar

• Paperback | Engels | Suny Jewish Philosophy
• This dialogue between the Jewish normative tradition and Western moral philosophy addresses central contemporary issues in medical ethics. Alternative... Lees meer

Past Imperatives

Louis E Newman

• Paperback | Engels | Suny Jewish Philosophy
• Explores central questions in the history and theory of Jewish ethics, namely, the relationship between ethics and law, the relationship between ethic... Lees meer

Between Mysticism and Philosophy

Diana Lobel

• Paperback | Engels | Suny Jewish Philosophy
• A revealing study of this important medieval Jewish poet and his relation to Islamic thought. Judah Ha-Levi (1075-1141), a medieval Jewish poet, mysti... Lees meer

Maimonides on the Decline of the Generations and the Nature of Rabbinic Authority

Menachem Kellner

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• Shows to what extent and in what fashion Jews are bound to accept the opinions and the pronouncements of religious authorities. Moses Maimonides, medi... Lees meer

Gersonides on Providence, Covenant, and the Chosen People

Robert Eisen

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• A careful examination of the doctrine of Jewish chosenness in the light of Gersonides's thought on providential suffering and on inherited providence.... Lees meer

Crit Philos Hermann Cohen

Andrea Poma

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• A translation from the Italian of a study of the work of Hermann Cohen, a figure generally recognized as the most significant Jewish thinker of the pa... Lees meer

Jewish Themes in Spinoza's Philosophy

• Paperback | Engels | Suny Jewish Philosophy
• Explores Jewish aspects of Spinoza's philosophy from a wide variety of perspectives. Breaking new ground in the study of Spinoza's philosophy, the ess... Lees meer

An Introduction to Modern Jewish Philosophy

Norbert M Samuelson

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• The book is divided into three sections. The first provides a general historical overview for the Jewish thought that follows. The second summarizes t... Lees meer

Maimonides on Judaism and the Jewish People

Menachem Kellner

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• Maimonides on Judaism and the Jewish People explores Maimonides' philosophical psychology, his ethics, his views on prophecy, providence, and immortal... Lees meer

Time Matters

T M Rudavsky

• Paperback | Engels | Suny Jewish Philosophy
• Traces the development of the concepts of time, cosmology, and creation in medieval Jewish philosophy. Despite the importance of time and cosmology to... Lees meer

Commandment and Community

• Paperback | Engels | Suny Jewish Philosophy
• Includes contemporary Jewish political practice, and both systematic and historical treatments of issues in Jewish political theory and legal thought.... Lees meer

Reviewing the Covenant

• Paperback | Engels | Suny Jewish Philosophy
• This major intellectual response to the leading theologian of liberal Judaism provides a significant indication of future directions in Jewish religio... Lees meer

The Talmud's Theological Language-Game

Eugene B Borowitz

• Paperback | Engels | Suny Jewish Philosophy
• Analyzes the structure and logic of aggadic discourse in the Talmud. In this pioneering effort, noted Jewish philosopher Eugene B. Borowitz opens up t... Lees meer

A People Apart

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• Daniel H. Frank is Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of Kentucky. He is the editor of Autonomy and Judaism: The Individual and the C... Lees meer

Speaking/Writing of God

Michael Oppenheim

• Paperback | Engels | Suny Jewish Philosophy
• Identifies and examines the central insights of Franz Rosenzweig and Emmanuel Levinas concerning the religious dimensions of the relationships between... Lees meer

Maimonides and the Hermeneutics of Concealment

James Arthur Diamond

• Paperback | Engels | Suny Jewish Philosophy
• Examines how Maimonides integrates scriptural and rabbinic literature into his magnum opus, The Guide of the Perplexed. Winner of the 2003 Nachman Sok... Lees meer

Maimonides and His Heritage

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• This volume celebrates the depth and breadth of Jewish philosopher Moses Maimonides' (1138-1204) achievements. The essays gathered here explore the ri... Lees meer

Philosopher-King in Medieval and R

Abraham Melamed

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• This original treatment of medieval and Renaissance Jewish thinkers expands the scope of Jewish philosophy and adds new depth to our understanding of ... Lees meer

Zionism

Nathan Rotenstreich

• Paperback | Engels | Suny Jewish Philosophy
• Traces the dialectical connections between Zionism's past and present. In Zionism, the late Nathan Rotenstreich traces the dialectical connections bet... Lees meer