Jew and Philosopher: The Return to Maimonides in the Jewish Thought of Leo Strauss (Judaica Hermen Mystic Religion) - Softcover

Green, Kenneth Hart

Softcover

ISBN 10: 079141566X ISBN 13: 9780791415665

Publisher: State University of New York Press, 1993

Synopsis

The first book to deal with the Jewish thought of Leo Strauss.

This is the first book to deal with the Jewish thought of Leo Strauss. Known primarily as one of the leading contemporary political thinkers, this book reveals another side of Leo Strauss―as one of the most important Jewish thinkers of the present century. The author presents the Jewish thought of Leo Strauss as powerful, original, and provocative, but also as essential for grasping the true character of Strauss’s thought. His Jewish thought may prove to be the key to the proper understanding of his philosophic thought as a whole.

About this title

About the Author

Kenneth Hart Green is Assistant Professor in the Department for the Study of Religion at the University of Toronto.

Review

“The clarity and thoroughness of the author’s research and presentation will be illuminating even to ‘old hands.’ The author has opened up a field of inquiry waiting for analysis, and has done so in an impressive way.” ― Ralph Lerner, The University of Chicago

Edition details

• Publisher: State University of New York Press
• Publication date: 1993
• ISBN 10: 079141566X
• ISBN 13: 9780791415665
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 292