Jewish Studies

Thought

Judaism Faces the Twentieth Century: A Biography of Mordecai M. Kaplan

Mel Scult

The first critical examination of the early life of preeminent American Jewish thinker, Mordecai Kaplan.

Reason and Hope: Selections from the Jewish Writings of Hermann Cohen

Translated, Edited, and with an Introduction by Eva Jospe

Renowned originally as the founder of the neo-Kantian school of philosophy, Cohen repeatedly stressed his belief in Judaism’s “absolute” monotheism, a religion based equally on faith and reason and grounded in the concept of One God.

Baraita De-Melekhet Ha-Mishkan: A Critical Edition with Introduction and Translation

Robert Kirschner

A scientific edition of the rabbinic work concerned with the desert tabernacle described in Exodus 25–36, 35–39, and Numbers 3–4.

System and Revelation: The Philosophy of Franz Rosenzweig

Stéphane Mosès  •  Translated by Catherine Tihanyi

A comprehensive analysis of Rosenzweig’s thinking, System and Revelation describes his philosophy as it is presented in his major work, The Star of Redemption, and highlights its relevance to postmodern thinking.

Contemporary Jewish Philosophies

William E. Kaufman

A systematic critique of the theological and philosophical views of the major Jewish thinkers of the twentieth century.

Divided Passions: Jewish Intellectuals and the Experience of Modernity

Paul Mendes-Flohr

A collection of interdisciplinary essays on Buber, Rosenzweig, Bloch, Simon, Scholem, and other Jewish intellectuals.