Commentary

• “Judah Halevi”

  - Julius Guttman, “Judah Halevi,” Philosophies of Judaism, trans. D. W. Silverman, Jewish Publication Society, 1964, pp. 120–133.  

• “Proselyte Judaism, Christianity, and Islam in the Thought of Judah Halevi”

  - Daniel J. Lasker, “Proselyte Judaism, Christianity, and Islam in the Thought of Judah Halevi,” The Jewish Quarterly Review, Vol. 81, No. 1-2, 1990, pp. 75-92  
  Abstract: “The incongruous details included in Judah Halevi’s account of the conversion of the king of the Khazars lead to the conclusion that Halevi saw proselyte Judaism as having a different status than that of “native-born”… More

• “Toward a New Understanding of Judah Halevi’s Kuzari”

  - Michael S. Berger, “Toward a New Understanding of Judah Halevi's Kuzari,” Journal of Religion 72 (1992), pp. 210–228.
  Excerpt: “Judah Halevi, a noted poet, philosopher, and physician of medieval Spanish Jewry, continues to be of both scholarly and lay interest. His poetry, included in the liturgy of severalJewish communities, still inspires readers in its simplicity… More

• “Religion, Philosophy and Morality: How Leo Strauss Read Judah Halevi’s Kuzari”

  - Kenneth Hart Green, “Religion, Philosophy and Morality: How Leo Strauss Read Judah Halevi’s Kuzari,” Journal of the American Academy of Religion, Vol. 61, No. 2 (1993), pp. 225-273.  
  Excerpt: “IT IS A CURIOUS thing about reading Leo Strauss’s monograph “The Law of Reason in the Kuzari” that one may be misled not only by its method and apparatus but also by the topic and discussion, and believe it to be just… More

• “The Problem of the King’s Dream and Non-Jewish Prophesy in Judah Halevi’s Kuzari”

  - Robert Eisen, “The Problem of the King’s Dream and Non-Jewish Prophesy in Judah Halevi’s Kuzari,” Journal of Jewish Thought and Philosophy, 3:2 (1994), pp. 231-247.

• “Halevi and Maimonides as Representatives of Romantic versus Rationalistic Conceptions of Judaism”

  - Eliezer Schweid, “Halevi and Maimonides as Representatives of Romantic versus Rationalistic Conceptions of Judaism,” Kabbala und Romantik, 1994, pp. 279–292.  

• “Judah Halevi”

  - Lenn E. Goodman, “Judah Halevi,” History of Jewish Philosophy, ed. Daniel H. Frank and Oliver Leaman, Rutledge, 1997, pp. 188–227.  
  From the Publisher: “Jewish philosophy is often presented as an addendum to Jewish religion rather than as a rich and varied tradition in its own right, but the History of Jewish Philosophy explores the entire scope and variety of Jewish philosophy… More

• Between Mysticism and Philosophy: Sufi Language of Religious Experience in Judah Ha-Levi’s Kuzari

  - Diana Lobel, Between Mysticism and Philosophy: Sufi Language of Religious Experience in Judah Ha-Levi's Kuzari, State University of New York Press, 2000.  
  From the Publisher: “A revealing study of this important medieval Jewish poet and his relation to Islamic thought. Judah Ha-Levi (1075-1141), a medieval Jewish poet, mystic, and sophisticated critic of the rationalistic tradition in Judaism, is the… More

• “Three Theories of the Imagination in 12th Century Jewish Philosophy”

  - Warren Z. Harvey, “Three Theories of the Imagination in 12^th Century Jewish Philosophy,” Intellect et imagination dans la Philosophie Médiévale, ed. M. C. Pacheco and J. F. Meirinhos Brepols, 2006, pp. 287–302.

• The Law of God by Rémi Brague

  - Rémi Brague, The Law of God: The Philosophical History of an Idea, trans. L. G. Cochrane, University of Chicago Press, 2007.  
  Brague’s masterful interpretation of the concept of the “divine law” in intellectual history sheds important light on Halevi. From the Publisher: The law of God: these words conjure an image of Moses breaking the tablets at Mount Sinai, but… More

• “Judah Halevi and Karaism”

  - Daniel J. Lasker, “Judah Halevi and Karaism,” From Judah Hadassi to Elijah Bashyatchi, Brill Books, 2008, pp. 141-154.