Edited by Nahum N. GlatzerWith a new Foreword by Rodger Kamenetz “The question I put before you, as well as before myself, is the question of the meaning of Judaism for the Jews. Why do we call oursel
Neusner (religion and theology, Bard College) reproduced articles and essays he has published over nearly 50 years of study into the formation of normative Judaism into three volumes representing the
The most prolific 20th-century analyst of Rabbinical Judaism, Neusner (Bard College) has reproduced articles from publication over several decades into a three-volume set, covering in turn history, li
Essential Essays on Judaism presents 13 of Berkovits' most significant essays, exploring vital issues within Judaism and Jewish society, including: Jewish morality and law, Jewish nationhood, and Jewi
Jean Paul Sartre hailed him as the philosopher who introduced France to Husserl and Heidegger. Derrida has paid him homage as "master." An original philosopher who combines the insights of phenomenolo
Perhaps the most prolific scholar of Judaism in the 20th century, Neusner (religion and theology, Bard College) completes the three volumes of selected essays by demonstrating how the Rabbinic sayings
Identifying the Kaddish as a mystical ritual created during the Crusades as a homage to God, a historical account of the tradition's evolution addresses questions related to its use as a tribute to th
German Jewish philosopher Moses Mendelssohn (1729-1786) is best known in the English-speaking world for his Jerusalem (1783), the first attempt to present Judaism as a religion compatible with the ide
