Jewish thought books
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The Kuzari
Judah HaleviA dialogue in which a king weighs philosophy, Christianity, Islam, and Judaism, and favors the Jewish people's historical experience of revelation.
The Guide for the Perplexed
Moses MaimonidesA major medieval work that reads scripture through Aristotelian philosophy and explains apparent contradictions in the Bible.
Theological-Political Treatise
Benedictus de SpinozaA critical study of scripture and prophecy that argues for freedom of thought and separates philosophy from religious authority.
Jerusalem, or, On Religious Power and Judaism
Moses MendelssohnArgues that Judaism is a revealed law without dogma and that the state should grant religious freedom.
Religion of Reason Out of the Sources of Judaism
Hermann CohenPresents ethical monotheism as a rational religion rooted in the prophets and in the idea of the human person.
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More jewish thought books
- The Star of Redemption
The Star of RedemptionFranz Rosenzweig - I and Thou
I and ThouMartin Buber - Major Trends in Jewish Mysticism
Major Trends in Jewish MysticismGershom Scholem - Judaism as a Civilization
Judaism as a CivilizationMordecai Menahem Kaplan - The Prophets
The ProphetsAbraham Joshua Heschel - Totality and Infinity
Totality and InfinityEmmanuel Levinas - Lonely Man of Faith
Lonely Man of FaithJoseph B. Soloveitchik - The code of Maimonides
The code of MaimonidesMoses Maimonides1470 - Hebrew thought compared with Greek
Hebrew thought compared with GreekThorleif Boman1960 - The Death of Death
The Death of DeathNeil Gillman1997 - The Hebrew conception of the world
The Hebrew conception of the worldLuis I. J. Stadelmann1970 - Persecution and the art of writing
Persecution and the art of writingLeo Strauss1952