Leo Strauss and Judaism

David Novak is the Edgar M. Bronfman Professor of Modern Judaic Studies at the University of Virginia. He is the author of numerous books on Jewish religious and political thought.

... a welcome addition to the literature on Strauss. -- Harry V. Jaffa, Philosophy Emeritus, Claremont McKenna College and Claremont Graduate School The contributors to this volume are a diverse lot, indeed, but they share in an uncommon sobriety. Their analyses and meditations on the man, the texts, and the theme will be provocative of further thought and welcome to all but those who believe they have already attained certainty. -- Ralph Lerner, University of Chicago We should be grateful to David Novak for having edited this excellent collection on a Jewish thinker who derserves to be better know among Jews. Jewish Political Studies Review Werner J. Dannhauser persuasivley states that the tensions, not the synthesis, between reason and revelation is at the core of Strauss's thought, so that he was a good Jew and a good philospoher as well. -- Giovanni Giorgini, University of Bologna Political Studies Review, Vol.46., N0. 2 June 1998 This volume is a worthy addition to the growing literature meant to include Strauss within the canon of modern Jewish thought. It offers a wide spectrum of approaches to Strauss's writings on religion. An excellent introduction to Strauss... a variety of viewpoints... -- Martin Kavka, Florida State University Religious Studies Review ... admirably edited ... engaging ... CHOICE

• Chapter 1 Preface Chapter 2 Athens and Jerusalem: The Legacy of Leo Strauss Chapter 3 Strauss, Reason, and Revelation: Unraveling the Essential Question Chapter 4 A Word Fitly Spoken: The Interpretation of Maimonides and the Legacy of Leo Strauss Chapter 5 Maimonides' Conception of Philosophy Chapter 6 Leo Strauss and Jewish Modernity Chapter 7 Leo Strauss and the Fourth Wave of Modernity Chapter 8 Athens and Jerusalem or Jerusalem and Athens? Chapter 9 Philosophy and the Possibility of Revelation: A Theological Response to the Challenge of Leo Strauss Chapter 10 Afterword