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Authors: Daniel Frank, Daniel H. Frank (Editor), Charles Harry Manekin
ISBN-13: 9780415168601, ISBN-10: 0415168600
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Taylor & Francis, Inc.
Date Published: October 2000
Edition: (Non-applicable)

Author Biography: Daniel Frank

Book Synopsis

The Jewish Philosophy Reader is the first comprehensive anthology of classic writings on Jewish philosophy from the Bible to the present. Complementing the History of Jewish Philosophy (Routledge, 1997), the Reader is divided into four parts:
* Foundations and First Principles
* Medieval and Renaissance Jewish Philosophy
* Modern Jewish Thought
* Contemporary Jewish Philosophy Each section is clearly introduced by the editors and includes writings from the leading figures of Jewish thought.
Major thinkers featured include:
· Baeck · Bergman · Borowitz · Buber · Cohen · Curley · Fledman · Frankel · Geiger · Goodman · Haberman · Hartman · Heschel · Hess · Israeli · Kellner · Kook · Leaman · Lesser · Levinas · Maimonides · Maybaum · Mayer · Morgan · Novak · Plasknow · Plaut · Ravven · Rosenzweig · Schatz · Scholem · Seekin · Spinoza · Stroumsa · Wolf · and Zunz
Ideal for introductory courses in Jewish studies and Jewish thought, The Jewish Philosophy Reader provides a thorough introduction to, and collection of, the leading writers and commentaries on the subject. It will be essential reading for both students and scholars of Jewish thought.

	Preface
	Acknowledgements
I	Foundations and First Principles
	The Bible and Philosophical Exegesis	3
1	Creation: Divine Power and Human Freedom	7
	Genesis 1-3
	On the Creation of the World (first century CE)
	The Guide of the Perplexed (1190)
	'Fundamentals of a Covenantal Anthropology' (1985)
2	The Aqedah (The Binding of Isaac): Divine Commandments and Moral Duties	39
	Genesis 22
	The Guide of the Perplexed (1190)
	'Abraham and the Kantians: Moral Duties and Divine Commandments' (1973)
3	'Hardening of Hearts': On Free Will and Repentance	46
	Exodus 9, 10, 14
	Commentary on the Mishnah, Eight Chapters (1168)
	'Freedom, Repentance, and Hardening of the Hearts' (1997, revised 1999)
4	Job and Divine Providence	60
	Job 1-2, 42
	'Job' (1995)
	'Job and the Problem of Evil' (1990)
	The Guide of the Perplexed (1190)
	The Wars of the Lord (1329)
	'Prophecy and Invulnerability' (1999)
	Talmud, Mishnah and Midrash as Sources for Philosophical Reflection	87
5	Justice	90
	'Toward a Theory of Justice' (1991)
	'Levinas and the Jewish Ideal of the Sage' (1996)
	'Friendship in Aristotle, Miskawayh and al-Ghazali (1996)
	'Religious Human Rights in Judaic Texts' (1996)
6	Prayer and Faith	105
	The Book of Direction to the Duties of the Heart (c. late eleventh century)
	Principles of Faith (1494)
	'Back to the Bible' (1995)
	'Heresy and the Nature of Faith in Medieval Jewish Philosophy' (1987)
7	Free Will and Divine Foreknowledge	120
	'Maimonides' (1995)
	'The Binding of Isaac: A Test-Case of Divine Foreknowledge' (1985)
	'Philosophical Exegesis in Historical Perspective: The Case of the Binding of Isaac' (1985)
8	Election	126
	'The Election of Israel' (1993)	126
9	Law and Rationality	128
	'Nietzsche and the Ascent from Knowing to Being' (1997)
	The Guide of the Perplexed (1190)
	'The Temptation of Temptation' (1971)
	'The Talmud as a Source for Philosophical Reflection' (1997)
10	Issues of Meaning	139
	The Guide of the Perplexed (1190)
	'Is a Jewish Practical Philosophy Possible?' (1995)
	Further Reading
II	Medieval and Renaissance Jewish Philosophy
	Medieval Jewish Philosophy: Reason in a Religious Age	161
11	Jewish Kalam	165
	The Twenty Chapters (c. first half of ninth century)
	The Book of Beliefs and Convictions (c. early tenth century)
12	Jewish Neoplatonism	182
	The Book of Definitions (c. late ninth-early tenth centuries)
	The Mantua Text ('Chapter on the Elements') (c. late ninth-early tenth centuries)
	The Book on Spirit and Soul (c. late ninth-early tenth centuries)
	The Fountain of Life (c. eleventh century)
13	Judah Halevi and Abraham Ibn Ezra	201
	The Book of Refutation and Proof on Behalf of the Despised Religion (The Kuzari) (c. 1140)
	Long Commentary on Exodus (c. mid-twelfth century)
14	Maimonides	220
	The code of Maimonides (Mishneh Torah): The Book of Knowledge (1178)
	The Guide of the Perplexed (1190)
15	Jewish Aristotelianism in Spain and Provence	244
	The Emendation of the 'Opinions' (late thirteenth century?)
	A Refining Pot for Silver (before 1331)
	The Treatise on Choice (1362)
	The War of the Lord (1329)
16	The Conservative Reaction in Christian Spain	263
	The Light of the Lord (1410)
	The Way of Faith (mid-fifteenth century)
	Commentary on Joshua (1484)
	The Works of God (1501)
17	Jewish Philosophy in the Italian Renaissance	282
	The Examination of the True Religion (1496)
	Dialogues on Love (after 1502)
	Light of the Peoples (1537)
	Further Reading
III	Modern Jewish Thought: Between History and Tradition
	Modern Jewish Thought: Between History and Tradition	303
18	A Critique of Traditional Religion	305
	Theological-Political Treatise (1670)
19	Judaism and the Enlightenment	340
	Jerusalem (1783)
	Leviathan (1792)
	History and Tradition in Nineteenth-century Jewish Thought	366
20	Scholarship and Religious Reform	371
	'Ideology and History in the Age of Emancipation' (1975)
	'On the Concept of a Science of Judaism' (1822)
	The Liturgical Addresses of the Jews (1832)
	Letter to J. Derenbourg (1836)
	'The Lamentations of Tisha Beav' (1855)
	Letter to Salomon Rappoport (1860)
	'The Science of Judaism - Then and Now' (1959)
21	The Authority of Tradition	386
	The Ceremonial Law in the Messianic Era (1845)
	'The Symptoms of the Time' (1845)
	'Religion Allied to Progress' (1854)
22	Revelation, Redemption, and the Nature of Judaism	398
	Judaism and Its History (1866)
	'On the Perennial and the Ephemeral in Judaism' (1842)
	'This is Our Task' (1853)
	The Guide of the Perplexed of the Time (1851)
	'The Structure of Jewish History' (1846)
	Rome and Jerusalem (1862)
	Further Reading
IV	Contemporary Jewish Philosophy
	Contemporary Jewish Philosophy	429
23	Immortality and Messianism	433
	Religion of Reason Out of the Sources of Judaism (1919)
	After Auschwitz (1966)
24	Other Faiths	442
	'Franz Rosenzweig - Today's Guide for the Perplexed' (1973)
	The Star of Redemption (1921)
	Letters of Eugen Rosenstock-Huessey (1916)
	The Star of Redemption (1921)
25	Prophecy and the Community	461
	'The Community' (1978)
	'The Sage is More Important than the Prophet' (1914)
	'Biblical Leadership' (1928)
26	Rationalism	477
	'To Re-Cast Rationalism' (1962)
	'The Autonomous Jewish Self' (1984)
27	Evil and Suffering	489
	Religion of Reason Out of the Sources of Judaism (1919)
	The Lights of Penitence (1925)
	'Fear of God in the Book of Job' (1974)
28	Issues of Inclusion	510
	'Facing the Ambiguity of God' (1991)
	'Creating a Jewish Feminist Philosophy' (1986)
	'Beyond Egalitarianism' (1990)
	'Fragments of Light: A View as to the Reasons for the Commandments' (1910)
29	Election and Covenant	527
	The Star of Redemption (1921)
	'Mystery and Commandment' (1921)
30	Holocaust	538
	The Jewish Bible after the Holocaust: A Re-Reading (1990)
	'Thinking the Tremendum' (1981)
	'Hear Israel' (1963)
31	The State of Israel/Zionism	552
	'Pinsker and Political Zionism' (1902)
	'The Challenge of Modern Israel' (1987)
	Opening Address, World Conference of Ha-poel Hatzair (1920)
32	Reason and Faith	570
	'The Mutual Influence of Theology and Philosophy' (1954)
33	Belief	583
	Faith and Reason (1961)
	'On Jewish Belief' (1966)
	'On Prayer' (1969)
	'The Faith of Judaism' (1928)
	Further Reading
	Index of Names	607
	Index of Subjects and Places	612