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The Exorbitant
Emmanuel Levinas Between Jews and Christians
Kevin Hart, and Michael A. Signer
$30.00
ISBN: 9780823230167
Book (Paperback)
Fordham University Press
304 pages
October 2009



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“A valuable contribution from which not only philosophers but also theologians and scholars in Jewish, Catholic, and religious studies can learn much.”
Adriaan T. Peperzak, Loyola University, Chicago

“A first-rate collection of essays on Emmanuel Levinas.”
Claire Katz, Texas A & M University

First, this collection seeks to examine exactly what Levinas’s writings mean for both Jews and Christians. Second, it takes a snapshot of the current state of Jewish-Christian dialogue, using Levinas as the rationale for the discussion. Three generations of Levinas scholars are represented.

CONTRIBUTORS: Leora Batnitzky, Jeffrey Bloechl, Richard A. Cohen, Paul Franks, Robert Gibbs, Kevin Hart, Dana Hollander, Robyn Horner, Jeffrey L. Kosky, Jean-Luc Marion, Michael Purcell, Michael A. Signer, Merold Westphal, Elliott R. Wolfson, Edith Wyschogrod.

KEVIN HART is Edwin B. Kyle Professor of Christian Studies in the Department of Religious Studies at the University of Virginia, where he also holds courtesy professorships in the Departments of English and French.

MICHAEL A. SIGNER is Abrams Professor of Jewish Thought and Culture in the Department of Theology at the University of Notre Dame.


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