Nine rich and masterful Readings of the Talmud by the French Jewish philosopher Emmanuel Levinas translate Jewish thought into the language of modern times.
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In this collection, Levinas applies a hermeneutic that simultaneously allows the classic Jewish texts to shed light on contemporary problems and lets modern problems illuminate the texts.
Between 1963 and 1975, Levinas delivered these commentaries at the annual Talmudic colloquia of a group of French Jewish intellectuals in Paris.
Nine rich and masterful Readings of the Talmud by the French Jewish philosopher Emmanuel Levinas translate Jewish thought into the language of modern times