Binah: Volume II; Studies in Jewish Thought »

JOSEPH DAN is Gershom Scholem Professor of Kabbalah at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

Praeger, in collaboration with the distinguished International Center for University Teaching of Jewish Civilization, Jerusalem, and in association with Israeli's Open University, has undertaken the publication of this multi-volume series. Binah brings together for the first time in English seminal articles in Jewish history, thought, and culture. This landmark series, edited by Joseph Dan and under the general supervision of Moshe Davis, will provide resource materials for students enrolled in courses in Jewish studies, religion, history, literature, sociology, cultural anthropology, and philosophy. Binah includes topics from the Biblical period through the 20th century. Each volume of articles is approximately 300 pages in length. An introduction explains the criteria for selecting the articles and indicates their contribution to Jewish history, thought, and culture. The articles, not previously translated, are adapted from their original Hebrew sources in order to make them more accessible to the undergraduate reader, but the editors have made every effort to remain faithful to the intent of the original authors. Each article is preceded by a statement that indicates the original source, a brief biographical sketch of the author placing the article within the framework of his life-work, and the name of the translator/adaptor. The series is bound in loose-leaf format, allowing the instructor maximum flexibility in utilizing the materials. By special agreement, purchasers acquire the right to make copies of the articles for student use. Thus, instructors can virtually build a package of readings for their students.

Introduction

The Celestial Temple as Viewed in the Aggadah by Victor Aptowitzer

Time and Its Role in the Aggadic Story by Jonah Fraenkel

The Socioreligious Orientation of "Sefer Hasidim" by Yitzhak F. Baer

The Concept of God in Hekhalot Literature by Rachel Elior

Mythological versus Systematic Trends in Kabbalah by Isaiah Tishby

Maimonides and Spinoza on the Knowledge of Good and Evil by Warren Zev Harvey

The Gaon of Vilna and the Haskalah Movement: Image and Reality by Emanuel Etkes

Jewish Nationalism in the Thought of Yehezkel Kaufmann by Ehud Luz

Martin Buber as a Philosophical Interpreter of the Bible by Eliezer Schweid

Gershom Scholem: Between History and Historiosophy by Joseph Dan