Beyond the Verse: Talmudic Readings and Lectures [Paperback]

This new volume in the Impacts series brings together an important collection of essays by Emmanuel Levinas, a leading philosopher of the 20th century, dating from between 1969 and 1980. The essays consider specific Jewish problems: exegetic methodology, points of Jewish doctrine, Jewish religious philosophy, and contemporary political and cultural issues. It also includes five Talmudic readings. Beyond the Verse will be of interest to readers throughout the wider philosophical and religious communities.

Translator's Note

Author's Note

Foreword

FIDELITIES

1. Demanding Judaism

TALMUDIC READINGS

2. Model of the West

3. Cities of Refuge

4. Who Plays Last?

5. The Pact

6. On Religious Language and the Fear of God

THEOLOGIES

7. On the Jewish Reading of Scriptures

8. The Name of God According to a Few Talmudic Texts

9. Revelation in the Jewish Tradition

10. 'In the Image of God', According to Rabbi Hayyim Volozhiner

11. Spinoza's Background

ZIONISMS

12. The State of Caesar and the State of David

13. Politics After!

14. Assimilation and New Culture

Notes
Index