Introduction
Part I: Medieval and Early Modern Jewish Philosophy
1. The Greek and Rabbinic Heritage
2. Searching for Union with God: The Neoplatonist Quest
3. Jewish Kalâm and Aristotelianism
4. God, Creation and Miracles
5. Evil and Divine Omniscience: Why do the innocent suffer?
6. Practical Morality: Living a Good Life
Part 2. Modern Jewish Philosophy: Fifteenth Century to the Present
7. Prelude to Modernity
8. Is There a Right Way to Read Scripture?
9. The Eighteenth Century Enlightenment
10. The Idealist Turn
11. Jewish Existentialism
12. Philosophy of Dialogue
13. Belief and the Holocaust
14. Contemporary Issues: Zionism and Gender Equality
15. Concluding Postscript
Biography
T.M. Rudavsky is Professor of Philosophy (emerita) at The Ohio State University, USA. Recent publications include the Cambridge History of Jewish Philosophy (co-edited with S. Nadler, 2009), Maimonides (2010), and Jewish Philosophy in the Middle Ages: Science, Rationalism and Religion (2018).
"This is an excellent volume on Jewish philosophy that will cover an important array of topics and thinkers. Such a volume will serve a real interest to graduate and undergraduate students as well as general readers with an interest in the history of Jewish thought. The author of the volume is an experienced scholar expert in the field, with her expertise being broad, extending from early medieval philosophy to the early modern period."
—Steven Nadler, Professor, Department Of Philosophy, University Of Wisconsin, Madison, USA
"Prof. Tamar Rudavsky, a prominent scholar of medieval Jewish philosophy has written an intelligent and engaging introduction to Jewish philosophy organized thematically. This book is a welcome addition to the literature and will be of great benefit to students."
— Menachem Kellner, Wolfson Professor of Jewish Thought Emeritus, University of Haifa, Israel
"In the grand tradition of Isaac Husik and Julius Guttmann, Tamar Rudavsky has produced a sweeping history and thematic treatment of Jewish philosophy for our time that is both an intellectually rigorous and compelling narrative. Holding that Jewish philosophy emerges from the conflict between philosophical rationalism and Jewish belief, Rudavsky takes her readers through the works both of well-known thinkers such as Maimonides, Spinoza, Buber, and Levinas as well as lesser-appreciated figures such as Ibn Da’ud, Nachman Krochmal, and Vladimir Jankelevich. This book will be a welcome addition for both students and scholars alike."
— Jeffrey A. Bernstein, Professor of Philosophy at College of the Holy Cross, USA
