In this rich intellectual history of the French-Jewish philosopher
Emmanuel Levinas's Talmudic lectures in Paris, Ethan Kleinberg
addresses Levinas's Jewish life and its relation to his
philosophical writings while making an argument for the role and
importance of Levinas's Talmudic lessons. Pairing each chapter with
a related Talmudic lecture, Kleinberg uses the distinction Levinas
presents between "God on Our Side" and "God on God's Side" to
provide two discrete and at times conflicting approaches to
Levinas's Talmudic readings. One is historically situated and
argued from "our side" while the other uses Levinas's Talmudic
readings themselves to approach the issues as timeless and derived
from "God on God's own side." Bringing the two approaches together,
Kleinberg asks whether the ethical message and moral urgency of
Levinas's Talmudic lectures can be extended beyond the texts and
beliefs of a chosen people, religion, or even the seemingly primary
unit of the self. Touching on Western philosophy, French
Enlightenment universalism, and the Lithuanian Talmudic tradition,
Kleinberg provides readers with a boundary-pushing investigation
into the origins, influences, and causes of Levinas's turn to and
use of Talmud.
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