Description
This book brings together an important collection of essays by Emmanuel Levinas, a leading philosopher of the 20th century, dating from between 1969 and 1980. The book considers specific Jewish problems: exegetic methodology, points of Jewish doctrine, Jewish religious philosophy, and contemporary political and cultural issues. It also includes five Talmudic readings. The book will be of interest to readers throughout the wider philosophical and religious communities.
Table of Contents
Translator's Note
Author's Note
Foreword
FIDELITIES
1. Demanding Judaism
TALMUDIC READINGS
2. Model of the West
3. Cities of Refuge
4. Who Plays Last?
5. The Pact
6. On Religious Language and the Fear of God
THEOLOGIES
7. On the Jewish Reading of Scriptures
8. The Name of God According to a Few Talmudic Texts
9. Revelation in the Jewish Tradition
10. 'In the Image of God', According to Rabbi Hayyim Volozhiner
11. Spinoza's Background
ZIONISMS
12. The State of Caesar and the State of David
13. Politics After!
14. Assimilation and New Culture
Notes
Index
Author(s)
Emmanuel Levinas, Emmanuel Levinas (1906-1995) was a leading philosopher and Talmudic commentator.
Gary D. Mole,
Gary D. Mole is Senior Lecturer and Head of the Department of French at Bar-llan University, Israel.
Reviews
'The essays in Beyond the Verse...are split into three sections: Talmudic Readings, Theologies and Zionisms. Carried across their diverse concerns is an essential insight into the nature of religious language.'
Josh Cohen, Jewish Quarterly, July 2008.
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