Rethinking Jewish Philosophy: Beyond Particularism and Universalism
ISBN: 9780199358199
Platform/Publisher: Oxford Academic / Oxford University Press
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Subjects: Religion;

Jewish thought is, in many ways, a paradox. Is it theology or is it philosophy? Does it use universal methods to articulate Judaism's particularity or does it justify Judaism's particularity with appeals to illuminating the universal? These two sets of claims are difficult if not impossible to reconcile, and their tension reverberates throughout the length and breadth of Jewish philosophical writing, from Saadya Gaon in the ninth century to Emmanuel Levinas in the twentieth.



Rethinking Jewish Philosophy offers a deeply felt exploration of Jewish philosophy and will prove to be an essential and enduring text in its field.


Aaron W. Hughes is Philip S. Bernstein Chair of Jewish Studies, Department of Religion and Classics at the University of Rochester.

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