Modern Jewish Thinkers: An Introduction

By Alan T. Levenson

Book Overview

Highlighting well-known Jewish thinkers from a very wide spectrum of opinion the author addresses a range of issues including: What makes a thinker Jewish? What makes modern Jewish thought modern? How have secular Jews integrated Jewish traditional thought with agnosticism? What do Orthodox thinkers have to teach non-Orthodox Jews and vice versa? Each chapter includes a short, judiciously chosen selection from the given author, along with questions to guide the reader through the material. Short biographical essays at the end of each chapter offer the reader recommendations for further readings and provide the low-down on which books are worth the reader's while. Modern Jewish Thinkers: An Introduction represents a decade of the author's experience teaching students ranging from undergraduate age to their seventies. This is an ideal textbook for undergraduate classes.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0765761211
• ISBN13: 9780765761217
• Release Date: September 2000
• Publisher: Jason Aronson, Inc.
• Length: 334 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.3" x 1.2" x 6.4"