A History of Modern Jewish Religious Philosophy

Series:  Supplements to The Journal of Jewish Thought and Philosophy
Author:
Eliezer Schweid
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Leonard Levin
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This six-volume set is a comprehensive, and interdisciplinary account of the major thinkers and movements in modern Jewish thought, in the context of general philosophy and Jewish social-political historical developments. The first volume covers the period from Spinoza through the Enlightenment, followed by an account of the major thinkers of 19th-century German-Jewish religious movements and the east-European Haskalah in volume two. Volume three commences with an important essay on the challenge to the humanist tradition posed in the late 19th century by historical materialism, existentialism and positivism. It includes key Jewish thinkers of the late 19th and early 20th century, such as Hess, Lazarus, Cohen, Ahad Ha-Am, Dubnow, Berdiczewski, and the theorists of Yiddishism and Labor Zionism. The fourth volume focuses on the last generation of German-Jewish philosophers—the best known (Buber, Rosenzweig, Baeck, Strauss, Scholem) and the less known (Breuer, Birnbaum, Klatzkin, Guttmann) whereas volume five offers a thorough inside narrative and analysis of the seminal thinkers—religious and secular—of the Yishuv, 1900–48 (Brenner, Gordon, Ya’ari, Katznelson, Jabotinsky, Kaufmann, Kook, Hirschensohn, Bialik, Amiel, Maimon, Alterman, Sadan, and others). At last, volume six combines an analytical narrative of ultra-Orthodox responses to the Holocaust and the foundational creators of American-Jewish thought through the mid-20th century.
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9789004760059
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A History of Modern Jewish Religious Philosophy
Volume III: The Crisis of Humanism. A Historical Crossroads
Publication Date: 19 Feb 2019
978-90-04-38060-8
A History of Modern Jewish Religious Philosophy
Volume VI: From Exile to Exile, Ultra-Orthodox Responses to the Holocaust and Establishing the New Jewish Center in America
Publication Date: 16 Jan 2025
978-90-04-52437-8
A History of Modern Jewish Religious Philosophy
Volume 1: The Period of the Enlightenment
Publication Date: 10 May 2011
978-90-04-20734-9
A History of Modern Jewish Religious Philosophy
Volume II: The Birth of Jewish Historical Studies and the Modern Jewish Religious Movements
Publication Date: 11 Feb 2015
978-90-04-29037-2
A History of Modern Jewish Religious Philosophy
Volume IV: The Crisis of Humanism (II). The End of the Jewish Center in Germany
Publication Date: 07 Nov 2022
978-90-04-53313-4
A History of Modern Jewish Religious Philosophy
Volume V: Creating New Jewish Centers. The Visionaries of First Fulfillment in the Land of Israel
Publication Date: 28 Feb 2024
978-90-04-52438-5
Eliezer Schweid was lifelong Professor of Jewish Thought at the Hebrew University, Israel Prize laureate, philosopher and public intellectual, and author of over 40 books on Jewish thought, applying the Jewish legacy to issues of Jewish and universal human concern.

Leonard Levin has translated many of Eliezer Schweid’s books, including Eliezer Schweid: The Responsibility of Jewish Philosophy (Brill, 2013) and edited Studies in Judaism and Pluralism (Ben-Yehuda, 2016). He is professor of Jewish philosophy at Academy for Jewish Religion, Yonkers, NY.

Yuval Lieblich, M.A. (in philosophy, Tel Aviv University, 2012) is an author, translator and musician. His debut novel received the Israel Ministry of Culture prize in 2016. He lives in Israel.
This six-volume set is to be the standard reference in modern Jewish philosophy, essential for libraries and scholars addressing the role of religious ideas in contemporary value discourse.
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