Fifty Key Jewish ThinkersThis panoramic survey provides an overview of the people who have had a profound influence on the development of Jewish thought through the centuries.This panoramic survey provides a first point of entry into the fascinating richness and complexity of the Jewish philosophical, theological and Kabbalistic tradition. Beginning in the first century with the Hellenistic philosopher Philo, Fifty Key Jewish Thinkers traces the major intellectual events of the last two thousand years, including the growth of Medieval Jewish philosophy, the early modern mystics, the radicals, the Hasidic leaders, the Enlightenment and secular and religious Zionism. From Maimonides to Martin Buber, and from Baruch Spinoza to Elie Wiesel, this volume carries the standard found in Fifty Key Contemporary Thinkers (Routledge, 1994) and is ideally suited for anyone interested in Jewish thought or history. |
Contents
Isaac Abrabanel 14371508 | 1 |
Abraham ibn Daud 11101180 | 3 |
Ahad HaAm 18561927 | 6 |
Joseph Albo 13801445 | 9 |
Baal Shem Tov 17001760 | 11 |
Leo Baeck 18731956 | 14 |
Bahya ibn Pakuda 10501120 | 17 |
Eliezer Berkovits 19001992 | 19 |
Judah Halevi 10751141 | 69 |
Zevi Hirsch Kalischer 17951874 | 71 |
Mordecai Kaplan 18811983 | 74 |
Abraham Isaac Kook 18651935 | 77 |
Isaac Luria 15341572 | 79 |
Moses Hayyim Luzzatto 17071746 | 82 |
Solomon Maimon 17531800 | 84 |
Maimonides 11351204 | 87 |
Dov Ber Borochov 18811917 | 22 |
Martin Buber 18781965 | 25 |
Arthur ACohen 19281986 | 27 |
Hermann Cohen 18421918 | 30 |
Dov Baer of Mezhirich 17101772 | 33 |
Emil Fackenheim b 1917 | 36 |
Solomon Formstecher 18081888 | 38 |
Abraham Geiger 18101875 | 40 |
Gersonides 12881344 | 43 |
Aharon David Gordon 18561922 | 46 |
Heinrich Graetz 18171891 | 48 |
Hasdai Crescas 13401412 | 51 |
Theodor Herzl 18601904 | 54 |
Abraham Joshua Heschel 19071972 | 57 |
Moses Hess 18121875 | 59 |
Samson Raphael Hirsch 18081888 | 61 |
Samuel Hirsch 18151889 | 64 |
Vladimir Jabotinsky 18801940 | 66 |
Ignaz Maybaum 18971976 | 90 |
Moses Mendelssohn 17291786 | 92 |
Claude Montefiore 18581938 | 95 |
Nahman of Bratslav 17721811 | 97 |
Nahmanides 11941270 | 100 |
Philo 20 BCE50 | 103 |
Leon Pinsker 18211891 | 105 |
Franz Rosenzweig 18861929 | 108 |
Richard Rubenstein b 1924 | 110 |
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Solomon ibn Gabirol 10201057 | 116 |
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Hayyim Vital 15421620 | 124 |
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