The Jewish Philosophy Reader

Daniel H. Frank, Oliver Leaman, Charles Harry Manekin

Psychology Press, 2000 - Philosophy - 618 pages

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.

Contents

• The Bible and Philosophical Exegesis: 3
• Divine Commandments: 38
• On Free Will and Repentance: 46
• Job and Divine Providence: 60
• Talmud Mishnah and Midrash as Sources for Philosophical: 87
• Prayer and Faith: 105
• Free Will and Divine Foreknowledge: 120
• Election: 126
• Issues of Meaning: 139
• 37: 145
• Further Reading: 157
• Reason in a Religious Age: 161
• Jewish Neoplatonism: 182
• Judah Halevi and Abraham Ibn Ezra: 201
• Maimonides: 220
• Jewish Aristotelianism in Spain and Provence: 244
• The Conservative Reaction in Christian Spain: 263
• Jewish Philosophy in the Italian Renaissance: 282
• Further Reading: 298
• Between History and Tradition: 303
• Judaism and the Enlightenment: 340
• History and Tradition in Nineteenthcentury Jewish Thought: 366
• The Authority of Tradition: 386
• Revelation Redemption and the Nature of Judaism: 398
• Further Reading: 424
• Immortality and Messianism: 430
• Other Faiths: 442
• Prophecy and the Community: 461
• Rationalism: 477
• Evil and Suffering: 489
• Issues of Inclusion: 510
• Election and Covenant: 527
• Holocaust: 538
• The State of IsraelZionism: 552
• Reason and Faith: 570
• Belief: 583
• Further Reading: 606
• Index of Subjects and Places: 612

Bibliographic information

• Title: The Jewish Philosophy Reader
• Editors: Daniel H. Frank, Oliver Leaman, Charles Harry Manekin
• Edition: reprint
• Publisher: Psychology Press, 2000
• ISBN: 0415168600, 9780415168601
• Length: 618 pages
• Subjects: Philosophy / History & Surveys / General; Religion / Judaism / General; Religion / Philosophy