In the time of the nations / Emmanuel Levinas ; translated by Michael B. Smith.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lévinas, Emmanuel.

Series:

Continuum impacts

Standardized Title:

A l'heure des nations. English

Language:

English

French

Subjects (All):

Talmud--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Talmud.

Jewish philosophy.

Judaism.

Physical Description:

xxii, 180 pages ; 20 cm.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Continuum, 2007.

Language Note:

Translated from the French.

Summary:

In this major collection of essays, Levinas considers Judaism's uncertain relationship with European culture since the Enlightenment, and problems of distance and integration. The book includes five Talmudic readings from between 1981 and 1986, essays on Franz Rozenweig and Moses Mendelssohn, and a discussion with Francoise Armengaud which raises questions of central importance to Jewish philosophy in the context of general philosophy. This work brings to the fore the vital encounter between philosophy and Judaism, a hallmark of Levinas's thought.

Contents:

1 For a Place in the Bible 1

2 The Translation of the Scripture 22

3 Contempt for the Torah as Idolatry 43

4 Beyond Memory 64

5 The Nations and the Presence of Israel 80

6 From Ethics to Exegesis 96

7 Judaism and Kenosis 101

8 The Bible and the Greeks 119

9 Moses Mendelssohn's Thought 122

10 A Figure and a Period 131

11 The Philosophy of Franz Rosenzweig 135

12 Judaism and Christianity 145

13 On Jewish Philosophy 151.

Notes:

This translation originally published: London: Athlone, 1994.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

9780826499042

082649904X

OCLC:

141381110