ACADEMIC STUDIES PRESS is delighted to announce its new Jewish Studies Catalog for Spring and Summer, 2009, filled with new titles from some of the top scholars in Judaic Studies. Please visit us at <http://www.academicstudiespress.com/Files/jewish_series_loweres.pdf>http://www.academicstudiespress.com/Files/jewish_series_loweres.pdf to learn more or to place an order. Below are some highlighted titles.
Jewish Religion After Theology. by Avi Sagi ISBN 978-1-934843-20-8 264 pp. cloth, $69.00 Also available in Paper ISBN 978-1-934843-56-7 $35.00 Avi Sagi ponders one of the most intriguing shifts in modern Jewish thought: from a metaphysical and theological standpoint toward a new manner of philosophizing based primarily on practice. At the heart of his book lies Isaiah Leibowitz, whose thoughts encapsulate more than any other Jewish thinker this view of religion without metaphysics. Sagi delves into issues of observance, the possibility of pluralism, the meaning of penance without messianic suppositions, and pragmatic coping with theodicy after the Holocaust, presenting the new possibilities within this shift in Jewish thought. Science in the Bet Midrash: Studies in Maimonides. by Menachem Kellner ISBN 978-1-934843-21-5 300 pp. cloth, $69.00 Kellner explores the religious thought of Moses Maimonides (11381204), one of the most influential Jews of the last thousand years. While covering many aspects of his religious philosophy, the central focus of these essays lies in the way Maimonides elucidated and expressed the universalistic thrust of the Jewish tradition. Maimonides construed the role of the Jewish people as a challenge rather than an endowment; a challenge he ultimately addresses to all human beings, not just to Jews. --- Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual author and are not necessarily endorsed by the Association of Jewish Libraries (AJL) =========================================================== Submissions for Ha-Safran, send to: hasaf...@osu.edu SUBscribing, SIGNOFF commands send to: Listproc @ lists.acs.ohio-state.edu Questions, problems, complaints, compliments;-) send to: galron.1 @ osu.edu Ha-Safran Archives: Current: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html History: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/history.html AJL HomePage http://www.JewishLibraries.org
