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Does Judaism Condone Violence?

Alan L. Mittleman

A philosophical case against religious violenceWe live in an age beset by religiously inspired violence. Terms such as "holy war" are the stock-in-trade of the evening news. But what is…

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A Short History of Jewish Ethics: Conduct and Character in the Context of Covenant

Alan Mittleman

A Short History of Jewish Ethics traces the development of Jewish moral concepts and ethical reflection from its Biblical roots to the present day.

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A Short History of Jewish Ethics: Conduct and Character in the Context of Covenant

Alan Mittleman

Offers an engaging and thoughtful account of Jewish ethics Brings together and discusses a broad range of historical sources covering two millennia of writings and conversations Combines current scholarship with…

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Jewish Virtue Ethics

Explores the diversity of Jewish approaches to character and virtue, from the Bible to the present day.

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Human Nature & Jewish Thought: Judaism’s Case for Why Persons Matter

Alan L. Mittleman

This book explores one of the great questions of our time: How can we preserve our sense of what it means to be a person while at the same time…

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Between Kant and Kabbalah: An Introduction to Isaac Breuer’s Philosophy of Judaism

Alan L. Mittleman

This is the first full-length, systematic study in English of Isaac Breuer, a founder of Agudat Israel, whose intellectual achievements reflected the world of Franz Rosenzweig and Martin Buber in…

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Between Kant and Kabbalah: An Introduction to Isaac Breuer’s Philosophy of Judaism

Alan L. Mittleman

This is the first full-length, systematic study in English of Isaac Breuer, a founder of Agudat Israel, whose intellectual achievements reflected the world of Franz Rosenzweig and Martin Buber in…

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The Politics of Torah: The Jewish Political Tradition and the Founding of Agudat Israel

Alan L. Mittleman

A study of the origins and early history of the Agudat Israel movement in Germany, the first international political movement among Orthodox Jews.

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The Politics of Torah: The Jewish Political Tradition and the Founding of Agudat Israel

Alan L. Mittleman

A study of the origins and early history of the Agudat Israel movement in Germany, the first international political movement among Orthodox Jews.

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The Scepter Shall Not Depart from Judah: Perspectives on the Persistence of the Political in Judaism

Alan L. Mittleman

The book looks at some of the central problems of political philosophy-such as fundamental rights and the common good-from the point of view of rabbinic Judaism.

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The Scepter Shall Not Depart from Judah: Perspectives on the Persistence of the Political in Judaism

Alan L. Mittleman

The book looks at some of the central problems of political philosophy-such as fundamental rights and the common good-from the point of view of rabbinic Judaism.

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Does Judaism Condone Violence?: Holiness and Ethics in the Jewish Tradition

Alan L. Mittleman

A philosophical case against religious violence We live in an age beset by religiously inspired violence. Terms such as holy war are the stock-in-trade of the evening news. But what…

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Holiness in Jewish Thought

This volume explores concepts of holiness in different periods of Jewish history and bodies of Jewish literature to offer preliminary reflections on their theological and philosophical import today.

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Human Nature & Jewish Thought: Judaism’s Case for Why Persons Matter

Alan L. Mittleman

This book explores one of the great questions of our time: How can we preserve our sense of what it means to be a person while at the same time…

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Absurdity and Meaning in Contemporary Philosophy and Jewish Thought

Alan L. Mittleman

Will appeal to thoughtful readers who ponder the 'big question' of the meaning of life. It explores the question both in a philosophical way and through using classical and contemporary…

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The Arts of Leading

A deeply insightful approach to cultivating leaders of character centered on the arts and humanities

What does it mean to lead? Whom do we consider to be leaders? And how…

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A deeply insightful approach to cultivating leaders of character centered on the arts and humanities

What does it mean to lead? Whom do we consider to be leaders? And how…

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Hope in a Democratic Age: Philosophy, Religion, and Political Theory

Alan Mittleman (Professor of Jewish Philosophy and Chair, Department of Jewish Thought, The Jewish Theological Seminary, New York)

A compelling new philosophical study of hope as a resource for the tasks of citizenship in a liberal, democratic society. It contends that the modern philosophical construction of hope as…

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Jewish Virtue Ethics

Explores the diversity of Jewish approaches to character and virtue, from the Bible to the present day.

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Uneasy Allies?: Evangelical and Jewish Relations

Uneasy Allies? offers a careful study of the cultural distance between Jews and Evangelicals, two groups that have been largely estranged from one another. Alan Mittleman, Byron Johnson, and Nancy…

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Uneasy Allies?: Evangelical and Jewish Relations

Uneasy Allies? offers a careful study of the cultural distance between Jews and Evangelicals, two groups that have been largely estranged from one another. Alan Mittleman, Byron Johnson, and Nancy…

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Religion as a Public Good: Jews and Other Americans on Religion in the Public Square

This book explores the often controversial topic of how religion ought to relate to American public life. The sixteen distinguished contributors, both Jewish and Christian, reflect on the topic out…

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Religion as a Public Good: Jews and Other Americans on Religion in the Public Square

This book explores the often controversial topic of how religion ought to relate to American public life. The sixteen distinguished contributors, both Jewish and Christian, reflect on the topic out…

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Jews and the American Public Square: Debating Religion and Republic

A study of how Jews have grappled with the presence of religion, both their own and others, in American public life. It surveys historical Jewish approaches to church-state relations and…

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Jews and the American Public Square: Debating Religion and Republic

A study of how Jews have grappled with the presence of religion, both their own and others, in American public life. It surveys historical Jewish approaches to church-state relations and…

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Jewish Polity and American Civil Society: Communal Agencies and Religious Movements in the American Public Square

Jewish Polity and American Civil Society is a study of the civic and political engagements of American Jews as mediated by their communal and denominational institutions. The book explores how…

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Does Judaism Condone Violence?

A Short History of Jewish Ethics: Conduct and Character in the Context of Covenant

A Short History of Jewish Ethics: Conduct and Character in the Context of Covenant

Jewish Virtue Ethics

Human Nature & Jewish Thought: Judaism’s Case for Why Persons Matter

Between Kant and Kabbalah: An Introduction to Isaac Breuer’s Philosophy of Judaism

Between Kant and Kabbalah: An Introduction to Isaac Breuer’s Philosophy of Judaism

The Politics of Torah: The Jewish Political Tradition and the Founding of Agudat Israel

The Politics of Torah: The Jewish Political Tradition and the Founding of Agudat Israel

The Scepter Shall Not Depart from Judah: Perspectives on the Persistence of the Political in Judaism

The Scepter Shall Not Depart from Judah: Perspectives on the Persistence of the Political in Judaism

Does Judaism Condone Violence?: Holiness and Ethics in the Jewish Tradition

Holiness in Jewish Thought

Human Nature & Jewish Thought: Judaism’s Case for Why Persons Matter

Absurdity and Meaning in Contemporary Philosophy and Jewish Thought

The Arts of Leading

The Arts of Leading

Hope in a Democratic Age: Philosophy, Religion, and Political Theory

Jewish Virtue Ethics

Uneasy Allies?: Evangelical and Jewish Relations

Uneasy Allies?: Evangelical and Jewish Relations

Religion as a Public Good: Jews and Other Americans on Religion in the Public Square

Religion as a Public Good: Jews and Other Americans on Religion in the Public Square

Jews and the American Public Square: Debating Religion and Republic

Jews and the American Public Square: Debating Religion and Republic

Jewish Polity and American Civil Society: Communal Agencies and Religious Movements in the American Public Square

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Does Judaism Condone Violence?

A Short History of Jewish Ethics: Conduct and Character in the Context of Covenant

A Short History of Jewish Ethics: Conduct and Character in the Context of Covenant

Jewish Virtue Ethics

Human Nature & Jewish Thought: Judaism’s Case for Why Persons Matter

Between Kant and Kabbalah: An Introduction to Isaac Breuer’s Philosophy of Judaism

Between Kant and Kabbalah: An Introduction to Isaac Breuer’s Philosophy of Judaism

The Politics of Torah: The Jewish Political Tradition and the Founding of Agudat Israel

The Politics of Torah: The Jewish Political Tradition and the Founding of Agudat Israel

The Scepter Shall Not Depart from Judah: Perspectives on the Persistence of the Political in Judaism

The Scepter Shall Not Depart from Judah: Perspectives on the Persistence of the Political in Judaism

Does Judaism Condone Violence?: Holiness and Ethics in the Jewish Tradition

Holiness in Jewish Thought

Human Nature & Jewish Thought: Judaism’s Case for Why Persons Matter

Absurdity and Meaning in Contemporary Philosophy and Jewish Thought

The Arts of Leading

The Arts of Leading

Hope in a Democratic Age: Philosophy, Religion, and Political Theory

Jewish Virtue Ethics

Uneasy Allies?: Evangelical and Jewish Relations

Uneasy Allies?: Evangelical and Jewish Relations

Religion as a Public Good: Jews and Other Americans on Religion in the Public Square

Religion as a Public Good: Jews and Other Americans on Religion in the Public Square

Jews and the American Public Square: Debating Religion and Republic

Jews and the American Public Square: Debating Religion and Republic

Jewish Polity and American Civil Society: Communal Agencies and Religious Movements in the American Public Square

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