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

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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Levinas and the Torah: A Phenomenological Approach (SUNY series in Contemporary Jewish Thought) 143847573X, 9781438475738

A Levinasian commentary on the Torah.

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The Ethics of Deconstruction: Derrida and Levinas 9780748689330

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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Gershom Scholem and the Mystical Dimension of Jewish History 9780814744147

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

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Persistence of the Sacred in Modern Thought: The Politics of MERCOSUR [1 ed.] 0268029067, 9780268029067

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Reconsidering Difference: Nancy, Derrida, Levinas, Deleuze 9780271071718

French philosophy since World War II has been preoccupied with the issue of difference. Specifically, it has wanted to p

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The Persistence of the Sacred in Modern Thought 0268029067, 9780268029067, 9780268079741, 0268079749

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

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Jewish Thought and Scientific Discovery in Early Modern Europe 9780300145953

This book is the first to examine closely the interaction between Jewish culture, medicine, and science during Europe�

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Modern Musar: Contested Virtues in Jewish Thought 9780827618879

How do modern Jews understand virtues such as courage, humility, justice, solidarity, or love? In truth: they have fierc

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Purchasing Power: The Economics of Modern Jewish History 9780812291650

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

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