The image of the non-Jew has had a profound influence on how Jews have interacted with actual non-Jews they have encountered at various points in their history, says Novak (religion and philosophy, U.
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
These essays explore new methods and overlooked traditionsthat appear to shed light on how the founders of the Christian movementunderstood the older sacred tradition and sought new and creative ways
Moshe ben Maimon, better known as Moses Maimonides, is among the most celebrated rabbis in the history of Judaism, and the author of works in Arabic on many subjects, including influential philosophic
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
