In the Time of the Nations [Paperback]

In this major collection of essays, Emmanuel Levinas, a leading philosopher of the 20th century, considers Judaism's uncertain relationship to European culture since the Enlightenment, problems of distance and integration. The book includes five Talmudic readings from between 1981 and 1986, essays on Franz Rosenzweig 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.

Translator's Note
Glossary of Hebrew Terms
Author's Foreword
1. For a Place in the Bible
2. The Translation of the Scripture
3. Contempt for the Torah as Idolatry
4. Beyond Memory
5. The Nations and the Presence of Israel
6. From Ethics to Exegesis
7. Judaism and Kenosis
8. The Bible and the Greeks
9. Moses Mendelssohn's Thought
10. A Figure and a Period
11. The Philosophy of Franz Rosenzweig
12. Juadaism and Christianity
13. On Jewish Philosophy
Notes
General Index
Index of Biblical Passages