Leo Strauss and Judaism: Jerusalem and Athens Critically RevisitedDavid Novak Rowman & Littlefield, 1996 - 200 pages This collection of original essays by prominent scholars of political philosophy analyzes Leo Strauss's thoughts concerning the relationship between revelation and reason within the context of Jewish religion and thought. Unlike other edited collections about Strauss, the contributors to Leo Strauss and Judaism: Jerusalem and Athens Critically Revisited examine their subject using a wide range of ideological and methodological approaches, arriving at a variety of conclusions, many of which are controversial. This book will be of interest to students and scholars of Leo Strauss, Jewish philosophy, and political theory. |
Contents
Athens and Jerusalem The Legacy of Leo Strauss | 1 |
Strauss Reason and Revelation Unraveling the Essential Question | 25 |
A Word Fitly Spoken The Interpretation of Maimonides and the Legacy of Leo Strauss | 55 |
Maimonides Conception of Philosophy | 87 |
Leo Strauss and Jewish Modernity | 111 |
Leo Strauss and the Fourth Wave of Modernity | 131 |
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