Nine Talmudic Readings - by Emmanuel Levinas (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br><p>1. Originally published by IUP in 1990 this translation has maintained steady sales over time, with over 10,000 sold total.</p> <p>2. Translator Annette Aronowicz has written a new forward for this edition. </p> <p>3. Aronowicz is a well-established professor of Judaic studies and religious studies and IUP is recognized as a leading university publisher on Continental Philosophy and Jewish Studies.</p></p><p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p>Nine rich and masterful readings of the Talmud by the French Jewish philosopher Emmanuel Levinas translate Jewish thought into the language of modern times. Between 1963 and 1975, Levinas delivered these commentaries at the annual Talmudic colloquia of a group of French Jewish intellectuals in Paris. In this collection, Levinas applies a hermeneutic that simultaneously allows the classic Jewish texts to shed light on contemporary problems and lets modern problems illuminate the texts. Besides being quintessential illustrations of the art of reading, the essays express the deeply ethical vision of the human condition that makes Levinas one of the most important thinkers of our time. </p></p><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br><p>Beautifully translated . . . these essays are crucial to the interpretation of Levinas's thought.</p>-- "Religious Studies Review"<br><br><p>No work . . . more readily opens this classic of Judaic learning to the general reader. Admirable and different.</p>-- "The Key Reporter"<br><br><p>This book is a stimulating introduction to a difficult but highly rewarding thinker.</p>-- "The Jewish Law Annual"<br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><p>Annette Aronowicz is the Robert F. and Patricia G. Ross Weis Professor of Judaic Studies and Professor of Religious Studies at Franklin and Marshall College. She is author of <em>Freedom from Ideology: Secrecy in Modern Expressions </em>and<em> Jews</em> <em>and Christians on Time and Eternity: Charles Pguy's Portrait of Bernard-Lazare.</em></p></p>
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