Description: Explores Jewish aspects of Spinoza's philosophy from a wide variety of perspectives.
Brief description: Lenn E. Goodman is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Hawaii at Manoa.
Review Quotes:
"This is the first serious attempt to offer a sophisticated look at Spinoza's relationship to Jewish philosophy and religion. It is an excellent collection of essays, and absolutely central to understanding Spinoza and his place in the history of Jewish philosophy." -- Steven Nadler, author of Spinoza: A Life
"Without imposing upon themselves or Spinoza a single definition of Judaism or 'Judeity, ' the authors manage to refresh inquiry in three fields: the history of European thought, premodern Jewish intellectual history, and the scope of Jewish culture in postmodernity." -- Kalman P. Bland, author of The Artless Jew: Medieval and Modern Affirmations and Denials of the Visual