Nine Talmudic Readings

Annette Aronowicz is the Robert F. and Patricia G. Ross Weis Professor of Judaic Studies and Professor of Religious Studies at Franklin and Marshall College. She is author of Freedom from Ideology: Secrecy in Modern Expressions and Jews and Christians on Time and Eternity: Charles Pguy's Portrait of Bernard-Lazare.

• Levinas's Talmudic Readings: Thirty Years Later / Annette AronowiczAcknowledgmentsTranslator's Introduction / Annette AronowiczFour Talmudic ReadingsIntroductionToward the OtherThe Temptation of TemptationPromised Land or Permitted Land"As Old as the World?"From the Sacred to the Holy: Five New Talmudic ReadingsPrefaceJudaism and RevolutionThe Youth of IsraelDesacralization and DisenchantmentAnd God Created WomanDamages Due to FireGlossary

"No work . . . more readily opens this classic of Judaic learning to the general reader. Admirable and different."—The Key Reporter"Beautifully translated . . . these essays are crucial to the interpretation of Levinas's thought."—Religious Studies Review"This book is a stimulating introduction to a difficult but highly rewarding thinker."—The Jewish Law Annual