Tamara Cohn Eskenazi

Levinas and Biblical Studies Tamara Cohn Eskenazi

Publisher Marketing: With one Australian exception, American scholars of religious, Judaic, and biblical studies explore the work of Lithuanian-born French Jewish thinker Emmanuel Levinas (1905-95) as it relates to their fields. His own essay On the Jewish Reading of Scriptures precedes ten others on such topics as his biblical hermeneutic, facing Job, eschatology, t Review Citations: Reference and Research Bk News 02/01/2004 pg. 19 (EAN 9789004127302, Hardcover) Contributor Bio:  Eskenazi, Tamara Cohn Dr. Tamara Cohn Eskenazi is professor of Bible at Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion in Los Angeles. She is the first woman appointed as professor to the rabbinical faculty in HUC-JIR's long history. Earlier she had been on the faculty of the University of Denver, directed the Institute of Interfaith Studies, and co-founded the Jewish Women Resource Center in Denver. Dr. Eskenazi is the co-editor of The Torah: A Women's Commentary, the winner of the 2008 Jewish Book of the Year Award presented by the Jewish Book Council. Contributor Bio:  Phillips, Gary A Phillips is Professor of Religion at the University of the South. Contributor Bio:  Jobling, David Jobling is Professor of Old Testament Language and Literature at St. Andrew's College, University of Saskatchewan, in Saskatoon.