Levinas Faces Biblical Figures

Herausgeber: Lin, Yael

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Levinas Faces Biblical Figures captures the drama of the encounter between a great philosopher and a text of primary importance. The book considers the ways in which Levinas's thoughts can open up the biblical text to requestioning, and how the biblical text can inform our reading of Levinas.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Lexington Books
• Seitenzahl: 228
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. März 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 486g
• ISBN-13: 9780739182826
• ISBN-10: 073918282X
• Artikelnr.: 40138854

Autorenporträt

Edited by Yael Lin - Contributions by Ephraim Meir; Edna Langenthal; Gary D. Mole; Elisabeth Goldwyn; Catherine Chalier; Eli Schonfeld; Michal Ben-Naftali; Richard A. Cohen; Hanoch Ben-Pazi and Tamar Abramov

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction The Bible
Ethics and Poetics Yael Lin 1) Subjectivity
Hospitality and Exile The Meaning of the Abrahamic Adventure in Levinas's Thought Ephraim Meir Welcoming the Other: Hospitality
Subjectivity and Otherness in the Thought of Emmanuel Levinas and the Biblical Story
the Hospitality of Abraham Edna Langenthal 2) Suffering
Justice
and Forgiveness Cruel Justice
Responsibility
and Forgiveness: On Levinas's Reading of the Gibeonites Gary D. Mole The Power of Goodness - Rizpah Bat Aya in the Interpretation of Levinas Elisabeth Goldwyn 3) Choice and Election Ruth : The Meaning of a Conversion Catherine Chalier Jonah: Hero of the Impossible Escape: The Biblical Interruption of Philosophy in Levinas Eli Schonfeld 4) The Face
Death
and Responsibility Abel's Look - Levinas Reads Cain Michal Ben-Naftali The Mystery of the Red Heifer - Solved
to Nobody's Satisfaction Richard A. Cohen 5) Judaism
Messianism
and Zionism Joseph: The Voice from the Coffin Hanoch Ben-Pazi Ladders to Heaven: Caleb
Levinas and the Challenge of the Explorers Tamar Abramov