How Judaism Became a Religion An Introduction to Modern Jewish Thought

Name: How Judaism Became a Religion An Introduction to Modern Jewish Thought
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ISBN: 9780691160139

ISBN-10: 0691160139

ISBN-13: 9780691160139

Edition: 2011

Authors: Leora Batnitzky

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Is Judaism a religion, a culture, a nationality--or a mixture of all of these? In How Judaism Became a Religion, Leora Batnitzky boldly argues that this question more than any other has driven modern Jewish thought since the eighteenth century. This wide-ranging and lucid introduction tells the story of how Judaism came to be defined as a religion in the modern period--and why Jewish thinkers have fought as well as championed this idea.Ever since the Enlightenment, Jewish thinkers have debated whether and how Judaism--largely a religion of practice and public adherence to law--can fit into a modern, Protestant conception of religion as an individual and private matter of belief or faith.…

Book details

List price: $18.99
Copyright year: 2011
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Publication date: 8/6/2013
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 224
Size: 5.98" wide x 8.90" long x 0.67" tall
Weight: 0.638
Language: English

Leora Batnitzky is the Ronald O. Perelman Professor of Jewish studies and professor of religion at Princeton University, where she also directs the Tikvah Project on Jewish Thought. She is the author of "Leo Strauss and Emmanuel Levinas: Philosophy and the Politics of Revelation" and "Idolatry and Representation: The Philosophy of Franz Rosenzweig Reconsidered" (Princeton).