{"product_id":"levinas-and-the-torah-a-phenomenological-approach-by-richard-i-sugarman","title":"Levinas and the Torah : A Phenomenological Approach By Richard I. Sugarman","description":"\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(15, 17, 17); font-family: \" amazon ember arial sans-serif rgb italic font-size:=\"\" background-color:=\"\" font-style:=\"\"\u003eA Levinasian commentary on the Torah.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(15, 17, 17); font-family: \" amazon ember arial sans-serif font-size: font-style: italic\u003e (SUNY series in Contemporary Jewish Thought)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(15, 17, 17); font-family: \" amazon ember arial sans-serif font-size: background-color: rgb\u003eState University of New York Press (July 2, 2020)\u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003e\u003cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003eThe French philosopher Emmanuel Levinas (1906–95) was one of the most original Jewish thinkers of the twentieth century. This book interprets the Hebrew Bible through the lens of Levinas's religious philosophy. Richard I. Sugarman examines the Pentateuch using a phenomenological approach, drawing on both Levinas's philosophical and Jewish writings. Sugarman puts Levinas in conversation with biblical commentators both classical and modern, including Rashi, Maimonides, Sforno, Hirsch, and Soloveitchik. He particularly highlights Levinas's work on the Talmud and the Holocaust. Levinas's reading is situated against the background of a renewed understanding of such phenomena as covenant, promise, different modalities of time, and justice. The volume is organized to reflect the fifty-four portions of the Torah read during the Jewish liturgical year. A preface provides an overview of Levinas's life, approach, and place in contemporary Jewish thought. The reader emerges with a deeper understanding of both the Torah and the philosophy of a key Jewish thinker.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(15, 17, 17); font-family: \" amazon ember arial sans-serif font-size: box-sizing: border-box\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(15, 17, 17); font-family: \" amazon ember arial sans-serif font-size: box-sizing: border-box\u003e\u003cspan style=\"background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-weight: 700;\"\u003eRichard I. Sugarman\u003c\/span\u003e is Professor of Religion at the University of Vermont. He has published several books, including \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\" style=\"color: rgb(15, 17, 17); font-family: \" amazon ember arial sans-serif font-size: box-sizing: border-box font-style: italic\u003eRancor against Time: The Phenomenology of Ressentiment\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(15, 17, 17); font-family: \" amazon ember arial sans-serif font-size: box-sizing: border-box\u003e, as well as numerous articles on Levinas.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"‎ State University of New York Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42253477118117,"sku":"978-1438475721","price":33.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0558\/8860\/9445\/files\/978-1438475721.jpg?v=1725092332","url":"https:\/\/www.israelbookshop.com\/products\/levinas-and-the-torah-a-phenomenological-approach-by-richard-i-sugarman","provider":"IsraelBookShop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}