Moshe Halbertal

New insights into how the Book of Samuel offers a timeless meditation on the dilemmas of statecraft The Book of Samuel is universally acknowledged as one of the supreme achievements of biblical literature. Yet the book's anonymous author was more... Lire la suite

Le sacrifice, comme idée et pratique, joue un rôle crucial dans le champ religieux, éthique et politique. Moshe Halbertal en éclaire la signification et les mutations en analysant le vocabulaire même du sacrifice dans le judaïsme puis dans le... Lire la suite

On qualifie souvent le peuple juif de "peuple du livre". Mais de quel livre s'agit-il ? De la Bible, dira-t-on. En fait, la réalité n'est pas si simple. Comme le montre Moshé Halbertal, le livre qui a façonné l'identité d'Israël, puis du peuple juif... Lire la suite

L'idea e la pratica del sacrificio hanno una funzione profonda nella religione, nell'etica e nella politica. In questo libro, il filosofo Moshe Halbertal esplora il significato e le implicazioni del sacrificio sviluppando una teoria del sacrificio... Lire la suite

A broad, systematic account of one of the most original and creative kabbalists, biblical interpreters, and Talmudic scholars the Jewish tradition has ever produced Rabbi Moses b. Nahman (1194–1270), known in English as Nahmanides, was the greatest... Lire la suite

“You shall have no other gods besides Me.” This injunction, handed down through Moses three thousand years ago, marks one of the most decisive shifts in Western culture: away from polytheism toward monotheism. Despite the momentous implications of... Lire la suite

Halbertal provides a panoramic survey of Jewish attitudes toward Scripture, provocatively organized around problems of normative and formative authority, with an emphasis on the changing status and functions of Mishnah, Talmud, and Kabbalah.

During the twelfth and thirteenth centuries, great new trends of Jewish thought emerged whose widely varied representatives--Kabbalists, philosophers, and astrologers--each claimed that their particular understanding revealed the actual secret of... Lire la suite

The idea and practice of sacrifice play a profound role in religion, ethics, and politics. In this brief book, philosopher Moshe Halbertal explores the meaning and implications of sacrifice, developing a theory of sacrifice as an offering and... Lire la suite