{"product_id":"levinas-and-the-torah-richard-i-sugarman-9781438475738","title":"Levinas and the Torah: A Phenomenological Approach","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA Levinasian commentary on the Torah.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\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\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Richard I. Sugarman\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 143847573X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781438475738\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e State University of New York Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/01\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 426\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.10w x 1.40d","brand":"Richard I. Sugarman","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48065579679999,"sku":"9781438475738","price":99.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_20aef014-ee52-4752-bd9f-888f2ef0478f.jpg?v=1768675907","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/levinas-and-the-torah-richard-i-sugarman-9781438475738","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}