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This collection of essays sheds new light on the thought of David Novak, one of the leading Jewish theologians and philosophers of the post-war era.
List of contents
Introduction: Covenantal Thinking in the Post-Polemic Age
Paul E. Nahme and Yaniv Feller
I. Election
1. Speech Delivered at the Seventh Annual Semikha Ceremony of Yeshivat Maharat
Marianne Novak
2. From Prison to Home
Martin Kavka
3. Freedom from God: Rebalancing David Novak’s Covenantal Theology
Jim Diamond
4. What, Not Who, Is a Jew: Halevi-Maimonides in Those Days, Rabbi Aviner and Rabbi Kafih in Our Days
Menachem Kellner
5. Reply
David Novak
II. Natural Law
6. Reconciling Chosenness and Natural Law in David Novak’s Theology of Covenant
Leora Batnitzky
7. Getting Clear and Getting Real about Natural Law
Lenn Goodman
8. Inviting David Novak to Re-appraise "Natural Theology"
Matthew Levering
9. Reply
David Novak
III. Polity
10. Covenant and Federalism: An Appreciation and Critique of David Novak’s Social and Political Thought
Alan Mittleman
11. Politics and Precedent: David Novak, Meir Kahane, and Yoel Teitelbaum (the Satmar Rebbe) on Judaism and Zionism
Shaul Magid
12. Reply
David Novak
IV. Reason
13. How "Interfaith" Was Medieval Philosophical Dialogue: Wrestling with the Thought of David Novak
Aaron Hughes
14. The Limits of Jewish Philosophical Reflection
Randi Rashkover
15. David Novak on Covenantal Relations
Peter Ochs
16. Reply
David Novak
Biographies of the Authors
About the author
Paul E. Nahme is Dorot Assistant Professor of Judaic studies and an assistant professor of religious studies at Brown University.
Yaniv Feller is an assistant professor of religion and Jewish studies at the University of Florida.
