| Description |
1 online resource (lxxxi, 281 pages) |
| Contents |
Four Talmudic readings -- Introduction -- Toward the other -- The temptation of temptation -- Promised land or permitted land -- "As old as the world?" -- From the sacred to the holy: five new Talmudic readings -- Preface -- Judaism and revolution -- The youth of Israel -- Desacralization and disenchantment -- And God created woman -- Damages due to fire |
| Summary |
Nine rich and masterful readings of the Talmud by the French Jewish philosopher Emmanuel Levinas translate Jewish thought into the language of modern times. 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 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
Translations of: Quatre lectures talmudiques; Du sacré au saint |
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Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on June 21, 2019) |
| SUBJECT |
Talmud -- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh91005541
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Talmud. fast (OCoLC)fst01356431 |
| Subject |
RELIGION -- Judaism -- Talmud.
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Aronowicz, Annette, 1952- translator, writer of added introduction.
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Container of (work): Lévinas, Emmanuel.
Quatre lectures talmudiques. English.
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Container of (work): Lévinas, Emmanuel.
Du sacré au saint. English
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| LC no. |
2019012988 |
| ISBN |
9780253040527 |
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0253040523 |
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