Nine Talmudic Readings

By: Emmanuel Levinas, Annette Aronowicz (Translator)

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Paperback | 16 May 2019

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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.

Industry Reviews

No work . . . more readily opens this classic of Judaic learning to the general reader. Admirable and different.

* The Key Reporter *

Beautifully translated . . . these essays are crucial to the interpretation of Levinas's thought.

* Religious Studies Review *

This book is a stimulating introduction to a difficult but highly rewarding thinker.

* The Jewish Law Annual *

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