Series: Brandeis Library of Modern Jewish Thought

Hermann Cohen (1842–1918) was among the most accomplished Jewish philosophers of modern times—if not the single most significant. However, his work has not yet received the attention it deserves. This newly translated collection of his writings—most of which are appearing in English for the first time—illuminates his achievements for student readers and rectifies lapses in his intellectual reception by prior...

A compelling and generative way to study and teach Jewish ethics. The field of Jewish ethics is characterised by foundational questions about how to do Jewish ethics—questions that are inseparable from other scholarly work within the subject area. The essays in this collection show that analysing methods of reasoning is a productive approach for both students and teachers of Jewish...