Routledge Jewish Studies Series
About the Book Series
Studies, which are interpreted to cover the disciplines of history, sociology, anthropology, culture, politics, philosophy, theology, religion, as they relate to Jewish affairs. The remit includes texts which have as their primary focus issues, ideas, personalities and events of relevance to Jews, Jewish life and the concepts which have characterised Jewish culture both in the past and today. The series is interested in receiving appropriate scripts or proposals.
Facing the Other: The Ethics of Emmanuel Levinas
1st Edition
By Sean Hand
April 14, 2011
Study of one of the key philosophers in the post-Heideggerian field and an increasingly central presence in contemporary debates about identity and responsibility....
From Falashas to Ethiopian Jews: The External Influences for Change, c. 1860-1960
1st Edition
By Daniel Summerfield
April 14, 2011
In the light of the Israeli government's plan to halt Ethiopian immigration, this book provides original research into the transformation of the Falashas to Ethiopian Jews during the twentieth century which made them eligible for immigration into Israel, adding a new dimension to the question ...
Referring to God: Jewish and Christian Perspectives
1st Edition
By Paul Helm
April 14, 2011
There is a long tradition of discussion in the philosophy of religion about the problems and possibilities involved in talking about God. This book presents accounts of the problem within Jewish and Christian philosophy....
Philosophy and Rabbinic Culture: Jewish Interpretation and Controversy in Medieval Languedoc
1st Edition
By Gregg Stern
December 06, 2010
Philosophy and Rabbinic Culture is a study of the great, and curiously underappreciated, engagement of a Medieval European Jewish community with the philosophic tradition. This lucid description of the Languedocian Jewish community's multigenerational cultivation of - and acculturation to - ...
From Synagogue to Church: The Traditional Design: Its Beginning, its Definition, its End
1st Edition
By John Wilkinson
November 12, 2010
The designs of synagogues and churches are acknowledged to be very alike. But the designers' procedure was confidential, and so far standard explanations have been unsatisfactory. A synagogue should express heavenly values with earthly materials. This combination was in fact expressed in numbers, ...
A User's Guide to Franz Rosenzweig's Star of Redemption
1st Edition
By Norbert Samuelson
September 30, 2010
This user-friendly guide will help students of the 'Star' to be able to discuss at a basic level what, at least conceptually, Rosenzweig intended to say and how all that he says is interrelated....
Judaism, Philosophy, Culture: Selected Studies by E. I. J. Rosenthal
1st Edition
By Erwin Rosenthal
September 30, 2010
One of the outstanding interpreters of Jewish culture in the twentieth century has been Erwin Rosenthal. This book contains some of his most influential work, ranging from the nature of Jewish political thought, both classical and medieval, to Christian reactions to Judaism and to varying ...
Philosophy of the Talmud
1st Edition
By Hyam Maccoby
September 30, 2010
This is a new presentation of the philosophy of the Talmud. The Talmud is not a work of formal philosophy, but much of what it says is relevant to philosophical enquiry, including issues explored in contemporary debates. In particular, the Talmud has original ideas about the relation between ...
Contemporary Jewish Philosophy: An Introduction
1st Edition
By Irene Kajon
August 11, 2010
This text introduces the most important Jewish philosophers of contemporary times from the point of view of their original approach to both Judaism and philosophy and include: Hermann Cohen, Franz Rosenweig, Martin Buber, Leo Strauss, Emmanuel Levinas. It shows how for them the dialogue between ...
The Jews of Ethiopia: The Birth of an Elite
1st Edition
Edited
By Tudor Parfitt, Emanuela Trevisan Semi
August 09, 2010
This book offers the results of the most recent research carried out in European and Israeli universities on Ethiopian Jews. With a special focus on Europe and the role played by German, English and Italian Jewish communities in creating a new Jewish Ethiopian identity, it investigates such ...
The Image of the Black in Jewish Culture: A History of the Other
1st Edition
By Abraham Melamed
July 20, 2010
The evolving image of the Black in the history of Jewish culture is being traced here in the conceptual framework of recent post-modern theories of the 'other'. The study focuses on the mechanisms by which an ethno-religious minority group considered by the dominant majority to be the inferior '...
Jewish Mysticism and Magic: An Anthropological Perspective
1st Edition
By Maureen Bloom
July 06, 2010
Providing a unique anthropological perspective on Jewish mysticism and magic, this book is a study of Jewish rites and rituals and how the analysis of early literature provides the roots for understanding religious practices. It includes analysis on the importance of sacrifice, amulets, and names, ...