New Paths in Jewish and Religious Studies

Essays in Honor of Professor Elliot R. Wolfson

Glenn Dynner, Susannah Heschel, Shaul Magid

• Publisher: Purdue University Press
• Year: 2024
• Print ISBN: 9781612499239, 9781612499222
• eBook ISBN: 9781612499246
• Topic: Social Sciences
• Subtopic: Jewish Theology
• Index: Social Sciences

The work of Elliot R. Wolfson has profoundly influenced the fields of Jewish studies as well as philosophy and religion more broadly. His radically new approaches have created pioneering ways of analyzing texts and thinking about religion through the lens of gender, sexuality, and feminist theory. The contributors to New Paths in Jewish and Religious Studies: Essays in Honor of Professor Elliot R. Wolfson, many of whom are internationally renowned scholars, hearken from diverse fields. Each has learned from and collaborated with Wolfson as student or colleague, and each has expanded the new scholarly directions initiated by Wolfson's groundbreaking work. Wolfson's scholarship gives us innovative ways to think about Judaism and a fresh understanding of religion. Not only a scholar, Wolfson is one of the most important Jewish thinkers of our day. Chapters are grouped according to the categories of religion, Jewish thought and philosophy, and a focused section on Kabbalah, Wolfson's primary specialization. The volume concludes with a bibliography of Wolfson's published work and a selection of his poetry.

Table of contents

• Cover Page
• Title Page
• Copyright
• Contents
• Acknowledgments
• Introduction
• For Elliot Wolfson
• Part I. Studies on Religion
• Part II. Studies on Kabbalah
• Part III. Studies on Jewish Thought and Philosophy
• Part IV. Works by Elliot R. Wolfson
• Publications
• Contributors
• Index