Emmanuel Levinas

Nine Talmudic Readings (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

These nine masterful readings of the Talmud by the renowned French Jewish philosopher translate Jewish thought into the language of modern times. One of the major continental philosophers of the twentieth century, Emmanuel Levinas was also an important Talmudic commentator. Between 1963 and 1975, he delivered an enlightening and influential series of commentaries at the annual Talmudic colloquia of a group of French Jewish intellectuals in Paris. In this collection, Levinas applies a hermeneutic that simultaneously allows the classic Jewish texts to shed light on contemporary problems and lets modern problems illuminate the texts. Besides being quintessential illustrations of the art of reading, the essays express the deeply ethical vision of the human condition that makes Levinas one of the most important thinkers of our time.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Indiana University Press
• Seitenzahl: 351
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. März 2021
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780253040503
• Artikelnr.: 56853685

Autorenporträt

Annette Aronowicz is the Robert F. and Patricia G. Ross Weis Professor of Judaic Studies and Professor of Religious Studies at Franklin and Marshall College. She is author of Freedom from Ideology: Secrecy in Modern Expressions and Jews and Christians on Time and Eternity: Charles Pguy's Portrait of Bernard-Lazare.

Inhaltsangabe

Levinas's Talmudic Readings: Thirty Years Later / Annette Aronowicz
Acknowledgments
Translator's Introduction / Annette Aronowicz
Four Talmudic Readings
Introduction
Toward the Other
The Temptation of Temptation
Promised Land or Permitted Land
"As Old as the World?"
From the Sacred to the Holy: Five New Talmudic Readings
Preface
Judaism and Revolution
The Youth of Israel
Desacralization and Disenchantment
And God Created Woman
Damages Due to Fire
Glossary