The Sacred Power of Language in Modern Jewish Thought: Levinas, Derrida, Scholem 9783111168760, 9783111168630

Judaic cultures have a commitment to language that is exceptional. Language in many form – texts, books and scrolls; lea

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The Sacred Power of Language in Modern Jewish Thought: Levinas, Derrida, Scholem
9783111168760, 9783111168630

Judaic cultures have a commitment to language that is exceptional. Language in many form – texts, books and scrolls; lea

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"An excellent overview of the history of Jewish mysticism from its early beginnings to contemporary Hasidism...scho

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An expanded edition of the first book to argue for the ethical turn in Derrida's work New for this edition This thi

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A Levinasian commentary on the Torah.

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In The Persistence of the Sacred in Modern Thought, Chris L. Firestone, Nathan A. Jacobs, and thirteen other contributor

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Purchasing Power repositions economics in our understanding of the Jewish experience from early modern Rome to contempor

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