The Cambridge History of Jewish Philosophy

Martin Kavka is Associate Professor of Religion at Florida State University. He is the author of Jewish Messianism and the History of Philosophy (2004), which was awarded the Jordan Schnitzer Book Award in Philosophy and Jewish Thought by the Association for Jewish Studies in 2008. DAVID NOVAK holds the J. Richard and Dorothy Shiff Chair of Jewish Studies as Professor of the Study of Religion and Professor of Philosophy at the University of Toronto. He is the author of fifteen books in Jewish philosophy, including In Defense of Religious Liberty (2009), containing lectures given while he was the Charles E. Test Distinguished Visiting Scholar at Princeton University. ZACHARY BRAITERMAN is Associate Professor of Religion at Syracuse University. He is the author of (God) After Auschwitz: Tradition and Change in Post-Holocaust Jewish Thought (1998) and The Shape of Revelation: Aesthetics and Modern Jewish Thought (2007).

'This volume offers a 'big-tent' approach to the semantic and substantive questions of the overlapping categories of modern Jewish thought, theology, and philosophy … a generous view of the boundaries of the field lead to inclusion of themes and thinkers too often left out in earlier outlines of the 'canon', such as the theme of aesthetics, the contributions of Eastern European thinkers, and the relationship to the medievals. The book is organized thematically, and assumes a basic familiarity with the central figures in the history of Jewish thought in the modern period. It is a wise organizational choice that leads to fresh readings and pairings.' Religious Studies Review

• Introduction Martin Kavka; Part I. Judaism's Encounter with Modernity: 1. Enlightenment Willi Goetschel; 2. The spirit of Jewish history Samuel Moyn; 3. Phenomenology Martin Kavka; 4. America Ken Koltun-Fromm; 5. Feminism and gender Hava Tirosh-Samuelson; Part II. Retrieving Tradition: 6. Scripture and text Peter Ochs; 7. Medieval Jewish philosophers in modern Jewish philosophy Aaron W. Hughes; 8. Jewish enlightenment beyond Western Europe Adam Shear; 9. Hasidism, mitnagdism, and contemporary American Judaism Shaul Magid; Part III. Modern Jewish Philosophical Theology: 10. God: divine transcendence Aryeh Botwinick; 11. God: divine immanence Gregory Kaplan; 12. Creation Navid Novak; 13. Revelation Randi Rashkover; 14. Redemption Norbert M. Samuelson; 15. Providence: agencies of redemption Michael L. Morgan; Part IV. Jewish Peoplehood: 16. Halakah Avi Sagi; 17. Liturgy Steven Kepnes; 18. Jews alongside non-Jews Shmuel Trigano; 19. Political theory: beyond sovereignty? Leora Batnitzky; 20. Zionism Zachary Braiterman; Part V. Issues in Modern Jewish Philosophy: 21. Reason as a paradigm in Jewish philosophy Kenneth Seeskin; 22. Imagination and theolatrous impulse: configuring God in modern Jewish thought Elliot R. Wolfson; 23. Justice Michael Zank; 24. Virtue Dov Nelkin; 25. Aesthetics and art Asher Biemann; 26. Interpretation, modernity, and the philosophy of Judaism Jonathan W. Malino.