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1	Guide for the Perplexed more books like this by Moses Maimonides $4.99 (used softcover, see detail)* add to wishlist The great medieval sage Moses Maimonides draws on the revelations in Jewish scripture and the rationality of Aristotle's writings as he addresses one of his former students, whose initial forays into philosophy had left him "perplexed" and who needs further guidance. Originally written in Arabic in three books, this treatise consists of a large ... see all copies from $2.74! new only from $7.02! \| first editions \| SVS
2	The Star of Redemption more books like this by Franz Rosenzweig $18.00 (new softcover, see detail) add to wishlist The Star of Redemption is essential reading for anyone interested in understanding religion and philosophy. Fusing philosophy and theology, the book assigns both Judaism and Christianity distinct but equally important roles in the spiritual structure of the world and finds in both biblical religions approaches to a comprehension of reality. The ... see all copies from $8.89! new only from $18.00! \| first editions \| SVS
3	The Works of Philo: Complete and Unabridged more books like this by C D Yonge (Translator), David M Scholer (Foreword by), Philo $7.99 (used hardcover, see detail)* add to wishlist The best and most complete one volume edition of the writings of Philo Judaeus, a contemporary of Josephus. see all copies from $7.64! new only from $14.92! \| first editions \| SVS
4	Persecution & the Art of Writing more books like this by Leo Strauss $16.37 (new softcover, see detail) add to wishlist The essays collected in "Persecution and the Art of Writing" all deal with one problem--the relation between philosophy and politics. Here, Strauss sets forth the thesis that many philosophers, especially political philosophers, have reacted to the threat of persecution by disguising their most controversial and heterodox ideas. see all copies from $16.37! new only from $16.37! \| first editions
5	The Guide of the Perplexed, Volume 1 more books like this by Moses Maimonides, Shlomo Pines (Translator), Leo Strauss (Introduction by) $19.62 (new softcover, see detail) add to wishlist This monument of rabbinical exegesis written at the end of the twelfth century has exerted an immense and continuing influednce upon Jewish thought. Its aim is to liberate people from the tormenting perplexities arising from their understanding of the Bible according only to its literal meaning. This edition contains extensive introductions by ... see all copies from $19.60! new only from $19.62!
6	Religion of Reason: Out of the Sources of Judaism more books like this by Hermann Cohen $43.00 (used softcover, see detail)* add to wishlist Hermann Cohen's Religion of Reason, Out of the Sources of Judaism (first published in 1919) is widely taken to be the greatest work in Jewish philosophy and religious thought since Maimonides' Guide to the Perplexed. It is at once a Jewish book and a philosophical one: Jewish because it takes its material from the literary tradition that extends ... see all copies from $43.00! new only from $59.79! \| SVS
7	A History of Jewish Philosophy in the Middle Ages more books like this by Colette Sirat $7.99 (used softcover, see detail)* add to wishlist Jewish medieval philosophy has formed the subject of much research over the past thirty years since the appearance of Gutmann's Philosophies of Judaism, resulting in greater understanding and a new need for summation. This important work, now available in paperback, aims to supply that need, and devotes ample discussion to the major figures of the ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $9.00! \| first editions \| SVS
8	The Cambridge History of Jewish Philosophy: From Antiquity Through the Seventeenth Century more books like this by Steven M Nadler, T M Rudavsky (Editor) $99.00 (new hardcover, see detail) add to wishlist The first volume in this comprehensive work is an exploration of the history of Jewish philosophy from its beginnings in antiquity to the early modern period, with a particular emphasis on medieval Jewish thought. Unlike most histories, encyclopedias, guides, or companions of Jewish philosophy, this volume is organized by philosophical topic ... see all copies from $99.00! new only from $99.00! \| SVS
9	Judaism as Philosophy: The Method and Message of the Mishnah more books like this by Jacob Neusner $2.98 (used softcover, see detail)* add to wishlist The Mishnah is the first canonical writing of Judaism after the Hebrew scriptures of ancient Israel (the Old Testament) and the foundation of the two Talmuds and of all Judaism thereafter. According to Jacob Neusner, the key to understanding the Mishnah is to read it as philosophy, in accord with the generally accepted understanding of philosophy ... see all copies from $2.98! new only from $3.58! \| first editions
10	Spinoza, Liberalism, and the Question of Jewish Identity more books like this by Steven B Smith $13.60 (used hardcover, see detail)* add to wishlist Focusing on Spinoza's "Theologico-Political Treatise", this text argues that Spinoza was the first thinker of note to make the civil status of Jews and Judaism an essential element of modern political thought and declares his work a classic defense of religious toleration and intellectual freedom. see all copies from $10.71! new only from $20.24! \| first editions \| SVS
11 view cover	Commandments and Concerns more books like this by Michael Rosenak $3.00 (used hardcover, see detail)* add to wishlist This books deals with the problem of religion in contemporary Jewish education. see all copies from $2.91! new only from $52.29! \| first editions \| SVS
12 view cover	Choices in Modern Jewish Thought: A Partisan Guide more books like this by Eugene B. Borowitz $1.99 (used softcover, see detail)* add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $42.90! \| first editions
13 view cover	The Judaic Tradition more books like this by Nahum N Glatzer (Editor) $20.00 (used hardcover, see detail)* add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $29.94! \| first editions \| SVS
14 view cover	History of Jewish Philosophy more books like this by Daniel H Frank (Editor), Oliver Leaman (Editor) $26.04 (used softcover, see detail)* add to wishlist Jewish philosophy is often presented as an addendum to Jewish religion rather than as a rich and varied tradition in its own right, but the History of Jewish Philosophy explores the entire scope and variety of Jewish philosophy from philosophical interpretations of the Bible right up to contemporary Jewish feminist and postmodernist thought. The ... see all copies from $26.04! new only from $78.04!
15 view cover	God's Presence in History more books like this by Emil L Fackenheim $5.95 (used softcover, see detail)* add to wishlist Noted post-Holocaust philosopher Emil L. Fackenheim asks the question, "How can there be 'supernatural' incursions into 'natural' history?" In attempting to reconcile a perception of God as imminent in human affairs with the the horror of the Holocaust, this work addresses the destiny of the Jewish faith is the modern world. see all copies from $1.99! first editions
16	Post-Holocaust Dialogues: Critical Studies in Modern Jewish Thought more books like this by Steven T Katz $7.95 (used softcover, see detail)* add to wishlist Charging that may widely held opinions found in the body of modern Jewish philosophy are inadequate if not false, Katz attempts a reconstruction of these beliefs into a more compelling and tightly composed account of Jewish thought. The book addresses a number of particularly significant topics relating Jewry, with essyas on Martin Buber, Eliezer ... see all copies from $6.97!
17 view cover	Fifty Key Jewish Thinkers more books like this by Daniel C Cohn-Sherbok $9.00 (used softcover, see detail)* add to wishlist This panoramic survey provides a first point of entry into the fascinating richness and complexity of the Jewish philosophical, theological and Kabbalistic tradition. Beginning in the first century with the Hellenistic philosopher Philo, Fifty Key Jewish Thinkers traces the major intellectual events of the last two thousand years, including the ... see all copies from $9.00! new only from $19.00! \| SVS
18 view cover	Franz Rosenzweig: His Life and Thought more books like this by Franz Rosenzweig $10.50 (used softcover, see detail)* add to wishlist Nahum Glatzer has brought both the life and the thought together in this marvellous collection -- there is no better introduction to this seminal Jewish thinker. see all copies from $5.98! new only from $19.73!
19 view cover	Glimpsing the Face of God: The Search for Meaning in the Universe more books like this by Alister E McGrath $3.99 (used hardcover, see detail)* add to wishlist Humankind has always been fascinated by the glories of the universe, whether in its microscopic detail or its vast extent. From time immemorial this has posed questions about origins, purpose and design. This work takes as its starting point the observable order of the universe and the ways in which the natural sciences point to a discoverable God ... see all copies from $3.70! new only from $11.00! \| first editions
20	From Ancient Israel to Modern Judaism: Intellect in Quest of Understanding, Volume I: Intellect in Quest of Understanding, Volume I more books like this by Ernest S Frerichs, Marvin Fox $14.99 (new hardcover, see detail) add to wishlist 82.95 see all copies from $4.75! new only from $14.99! \| first editions
21 view cover	Dilemmas in Modern Jewish Thought more books like this by Michael L Morgan $15.00 (used hardcover, see detail)* add to wishlist "Michael Morgan has served up an intellectual treat. These subtle and carefully reasoned essays explore the dilemmas of the post-modern Jew who would take history seriously without losing the commanding presence Israel heard at Sinai. Morgan's articulation of Jewish religious imperatives in a post- Holocaust world is clearly indebted to but goes ... see all copies from $14.50! new only from $48.50! \| first editions \| SVS
22 view cover	Kingship of God more books like this by Martin Buber $12.00 (used hardcover, see detail)* add to wishlist see all copies from $6.24! new only from $61.67! \| first editions
23	Way of Response more books like this by Martin Buber, Nahum N Glatzer (Editor) $1.99 (used hardcover, see detail)* add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions
24	Kuzari more books like this by ha-Levi Judah, Golda Lipsh $1.99 (used softcover, see detail)* add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $34.95! \| first editions
25	Contemporary Jewish philosophies more books like this by William E. Kaufman $2.04 (used softcover, see detail)* add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $10.70! \| first editions

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	The Guide of the Perplexed, Volume 2 by Moses Maimonides, Leo Strauss (Illustrator), Shlomo Pines (Translator) see all from $10.50! new only from $20.57!
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	Ethical Writings of Maimonides by Moses Maimonides, Charles E Butterworth (Photographer) see all from $2.23! new only from $5.95!
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