During the fourteenth century, there was a general demoralization in the Jewish community in Spain. Many Jews were on the brink of conversion. Rabbi Crescas met the Christian challenge by writing t…
Martin Buber (1878-1965), the Viennese-born philosopher and theologian, became known throughout the world as one of the spiritual leaders of his generation, making a deep impact on Christian as wel…
This anthology presents examples of how, in the case of Judaism, religion relates to society, that is, how the various Judaisms that Jews have brought into being have described, analyzed, and inter…
This book presents a selection of important writings by noted Jewish philosopher-theologian , who is widely admired for his singular contributions to Jewish-Christian relations. Including several p…
Rabbi, writer, teacher, activist and organizer, the author was for more than three generations at the center of the struggle for religious understanding and human rights. From the first stirrings o…
In this fresh and lucid study, Ariel presents the fundamentals of Jewish thought on the profound issues of God, human destiny, good and evil, Torah, and messianism, guiding the reader toward a defi…
The renewed perception of Judaism's influence Judaism today is too often thought to represent a religious backwater, a highly particularistic, religion with its own esoteric tales and traditions, p…
"Textual reasoning" is the name that a group of contemporary Jewish thinkers has given to its overlapping practices of Jewish philosophy and theology. This volume represents the most public express…
One of the marks - perhaps the most important mark - of a great thinker is the ability to respond to the condition and problems of one's time by changing the terms of the conversation. By this stan…
If law alone yields legalism, then religious belief, by itself, fails to create justice. In this book, the author shows how Jewish Halakhah and aggadah fit together to form a robust and coherent co…