Philosophies of Judaism: A History of Jewish Philosophy from Biblical Times to Franz Rosenzweig / Originally published in German as Die Philosophie des Judentums, Professor Guttmann's work describes critically and clearly a variety of Jewish philosophies from biblical times to the early beginning of reform Judaism in Germany. Section headings are as follows. I: Fundamentals and First Influences (the basic ideas of biblical religion, Jewish Hellenistic Philosopy), II: Jewish Religious Philosophy in the Middle Ages (the rise of Jewish philosophy in the Islamic world, the Kalam, neoplatonism, aristotelianism and its opponents. the end and aftereffects of medieval religious philosophy), III: Jewish philosophy of religion in the modern era (introduction, Moses Mendelssohn, post-Kantian idealism in the Jewish philosophy of religion--Formstecher, Hirsch, Krochmal, Steinheim, the renewal of Jewish religious philosophy at the end of the nineteenth century--Lazarus, Cohen, Rosenzweig). There is a 413-page bibliography, 38 pages of notes, and a 12-page index. "Editor's note. Although the translator made use of the German original, this book, at the request of the estate of Julius Guttmann, has been translated from the revised and enlarged Hebrew edition."
