Alan T Levenson: 4 books
Joseph
Portraits through the Ages
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2016
The complex and dramatic story of Joseph is the most sustained narrative in Genesis. Many call it a literary masterpiece and a story of great depth that can be read on many levels. In a lucid and engaging style, Alan T. Levenson brings the voices of Philo, Josephus, Midrash, and medieval commentators,...
The Making of the Modern Jewish Bible
How Scholars in Germany, Israel, and America Transformed an Ancient Text
Language: English
Release Date: August 16, 2011
Tracing its history from Moses Mendelssohn to today, Alan Levenson explores the factors that shaped what is the modern Jewish Bible and its centrality in Jewish life today. The Making of the Modern Jewish Bible explains how Jewish translators, commentators, and scholars made the Bible a keystone of...
An Introduction to Modern Jewish Thinkers
From Spinoza to Soloveitchik
Language: English
Release Date: January 11, 2006
Highlighting well-known Jewish thinkers from a very wide spectrum of opinion, the author addresses a range of issues, including: What makes a thinker Jewish? What makes modern Jewish thought modern? How have secular Jews integrated Jewish traditional thought with agnosticism? What do Orthodox thinkers...
by Alan T. Levenson
Language: English
Release Date: March 12, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: March 12, 2012
In The Wiley-Blackwell History of Jews and Judaism, a team of internationally-renowned scholars offer a comprehensive and authoritative overview of Jewish life and culture, from the biblical period to contemporary times.
Provides a comprehensive and authoritative overview of the main periods...