New Talmudic Readings [Hardcover]

Emmanuel Levinas (Author), Richard A. Cohen (Author, Translator)

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Publication Date: June 1999

This small but important volume contains three of Emmanuel Levinas's last major lectures on the Talmud, originally presented in 1974, 1988 and 1989. These three readings continue and augment much of Levinas's thought as presented in the earlier works: Nine Talmudic Readings In the Time of the Nations and Beyond Verse. Originally compiled and published in French in early 1996, New Talmudic Readings includes the lectures, The Will of Heaven and the Power of Men, Beyond the State in the State, and Who is Oneself?

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"Dr. Cohen...is particularly well qualified to guide the general reader into this challenging but rewarding area of thought." -- SHOFAR, Spring 2001

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• Hardcover: 133 pages
• Publisher: Duquesne Univ Pr (June 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0820702978
• ISBN-13: 978-0820702971
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6.2 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,754,838 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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I find that the three *New Talmudic Readings* serve as a continuation of the *Nine Talmudic Readings*, at least insofar as the readings and lectures which comprise Levinas's *Nine Talmudic Readings* were all delivered in the 1960s and early 1970s, and the *New Talmudic Readings*, not surprisingly given the title, were presented in 1974, 1988, and 1989. It should not be forgotten that these two sets of Talmudic readings and lectures are not all that is there - Levinas offers no less than five more Talmudic readings in *Beyond the Verse*. There is, as should be expected, much overlap in the style and format of Levinas's teachings. So, if my arithmetic is correct, we have 9 + 3 + 5 = 17 Talmudic readings by Levinas; although I might go further to claim that, in a large part, Levinas's oeuvre (both philosophical and religious) is one sustained and comprehensive Talmudic reading, or a midrash on Torah.