A History of Modern Jewish Religious Philosophy - Volume III: The Crisis of Humanism. a Historical Crossroads

Volume Three, The Crisis of Humanism, commences with an important essay on the challenge to the humanist tradition posed in the late 19th century by historical materialism, existentialism and positivism. These Jewish thinkers of the late 19th and early 20th century addressed the general European value crisis while laying foundations for Jewish renewal: Hess, Lazarus, Cohen, Ahad Ha-Am, Dubnow, Berdiczewski, and the theorists of Yiddishism and Labor Zionism.

About the author

Eliezer Schweid is Emeritus Professor of Jewish Thought at the Hebrew University, Israel Prize laureate, and author of over 40 books on Jewish thought, addressing the relevance of the Jewish legacy to issues of Jewish and universal human concern.
Leonard Levin, Ph.D. (1973, Brandeis), has translated many of Eliezer Schweid's books, including The Responsibility of Jewish Philosophy (Brill, 2013) and edited Studies in Judaism and Pluralism (Ben-Yehuda, 2016). He teaches Jewish philosophy at Academy for Jewish Religion, Yonkers, NY.

Product details

• Authors: Eliezer Schweid
• Publisher: Brill
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 14.03.2019
• EAN: 9789004375383
• ISBN: 978-90-04-37538-3
• No. of pages: 524
• Dimensions: 157 mm x 239 mm x 33 mm
• Weight: 885 g
• Series: Supplements to the Journal of
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Judaism; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Other world religions