20th Century Jewish Religious Thought

by Arthur Allen Cohen (Editor), Paul Mendes-Flohr (Editor)

JPS is proud to reissue Cohen and Mendes-Flohr’s classic work, perhaps the most important, comprehensive anthology available on 20th century Jewish thought. This outstanding volume presents 140 concise yet authoritative essays by renowned Jewish figures Eugene Borowitz, Emil Fackenheim, Blu Greenberg, Susannah Heschel, Jacob Neusner, Gershom Scholem, Adin Steinsaltz, and many others. They define and reflect upon such central ideas as charity, chosen people, death, family, love, myth, suffering, Torah, tradition and more. With entries from Aesthetics to Zionism, this book provides striking insights into both the Jewish experience and the Judeo-Christian tradition.

Genres: Judaism

1200 pages, Paperback

First published February 1, 2009

About the author

Arthur Allen Cohen, M.A. (Philosophy, University of Chicago, 1949; B.A., U. Chicago, 1946) was a novelist, publisher, art critic, and Jewish theologian. He briefly studied at both Hebrew University and Union Theological Seminary before beginning doctoral work at the Jewish Theological Seminary of America, where he studied medieval Jewish philosophy until 1951, leaving completing his Ph.D.

Reviews

[Ron · Rating 4 out of 5]

Excellent variety of essays. Unsurprisingly, some are more accessible than others (to us non-experts in Jewish Thought). I read this (not in its entirety) as part of a reading group; each essay generated fruitful discussion.