Philosophers and Scholars

Jonathan Cohen is senior lecturer of Jewish education and the philosophy of education at Hebrew University in Jerusalem.

• Part 1 Part One: Orientation by Origins: Biblical Theology and its Unfolding in the Scholarship of Harry Austryn WolfsonChapter 2 Preface: Intellectual BackgroundChapter 3 Epistemological Perspectives—Religious and Philosophical Knowledge: Their Character and Modes of InteractionChapter 4 Historiosophical Elements—Chronicling the Articulation of Jewish Philosophy Over TimeChapter 5 Guidelines for the Interpretation of Jewish Philosophical TextsPart 6 Part Two: A Teleology of Ends: Religiosity, Contemplation and Development in the Scholarship of Julius GuttmannChapter 7 Preface: Intellectual BackgroundChapter 8 Epistemological Perspectives—Religious and Philosophical Knowledge: Their Character and Modes of InteractionChapter 9 Historiosophical Elements—Following the Development of Jewish Philosophy Over TimeChapter 10 Guidelines for the Interpretation of Jewish Philosophical TextsPart 11 Part Three: Beyond Time and Society—Philosophy, Judaism and History in the Scholarship of Leo StraussChapter 12 Preface: Intellectual BackgroundChapter 13 Epistemological Perspectives—Religious and Philosophical Knowledge: Their Character and Modes in InteractionChapter 14 Historiosophical Elements—On Religion, Philosophy, Pseudo-Philosophy and TimeChapter 15 Guidelines for the Interpretation of Jewish Philosophical Texts

Jonathan Cohen's Philosophers and Scholars is the first study of its type: a comprehensive and original consideration of the three greatest historians of Jewish philosophy in the 20th century—Harry Wolfson, Julius Guttmann, and Leo Strauss. His research is thorough, and his argument is probing and thoughtful. The book often challenges established, already-conventional views of the achievement of these three great scholars. It is an impressive synthesis, and the author sets a high standard for future historians of thought, both Jewish and general.