Tagged: Daniel B. Schwartz

September 2, 2020

The 49 books posted on JewishBookWorld.org in August 2020

Here is the list of the 55 books that I posted on JewishBookWorld.org in August 2020. The image above contains some of the covers. The bold links take you to the book’s page on...

Spinoza’s Challenge to Jewish Thought: Writings on His Life, Philosophy, and Legacy; Editor Daniel B. Schwartz

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August 27, 2020

Spinoza’s Challenge to Jewish Thought: Writings on His Life, Philosophy, and Legacy; Editor Daniel B. Schwartz

Arguably, no historical thinker has had as varied and fractious a reception within modern Judaism as Baruch (Benedict) Spinoza (1632–77), the seventeenth-century philosopher, pioneering biblical critic, and Jewish heretic from Amsterdam. Revered in many...