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  • “The Law of Reason in the Kuzari” by Leo Strauss

    - Leo Strauss, “The Law of Reason in the Kuzari,” Persecution and the Art of Writing, University of Chicago Press, 1988. [Essay originally published in 1943].  
    Leo Strauss’ most significant statement on Judah Halevi, this essay appeared independently in 1943. It subsequently reappeared as a chapter in Strauss’ book Persecution and the Art of Writing. Strauss uses the essay to interpret Halevi as well as… More

  • “Judah Halevi” by Isaac Husik

    - Isaac Husik, “Judah Halevi,” A History of Medieval Jewish Philosophy, Jewish Publication Society, 1944, pp. 150–183.  
    From the Publisher: “A noted scholar elucidates the distinguishing characteristics of the works of several Jewish thinkers of the Middle Ages. In addition to summaries of the main arguments and teachings of Moses Maimonides, Isaac Israeli, Judah… More

  • “Judah Halevi”

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

  • “The Active Intellect in the Cuzari and Hallevi’s Theory of Causality”

    - Herbert A. Davidson, “The Active Intellect in the Cuzari and Hallevi's Theory of Causality,” Revue des études juives, 131, 1–2 (1972), pp. 351–396.  

  • “Hallevi and Maimonides on Design, Chance, and Necessity”

    - Elliot R. Wolfson, “Hallevi and Maimonides on Design, Chance, and Necessity,” Studies in the History of Philosophy and Religion, Vol. 2, eds. Isadore Twersky and George H. Williams, Harvard University Press, 1977, pp. 1–59.  
    From the Publisher: “Readers familiar with the luminous scholarly contributions of Harry Austryn Wolfson will welcome this rich collection of essays that have been previously published in widely dispersed journals and books, The articles range over… More

  • “Hallevi and Maimonides on Prophecy”

    - Elliot R. Wolfson, “Hallevi and Maimonides on Prophecy,” Studies in the History of Philosophy and Religion, Vol. 2, eds. Isadore Twersky and George H. Williams, Harvard University Press, 1977, pp. 60–119.  
    From the Publisher: “Readers familiar with the luminous scholarly contributions of Harry Austryn Wolfson will welcome this rich collection of essays that have been previously published in widely dispersed journals and books, The articles range over… More

  • “On Halevi’s Kuzari as a Platonic Dialogue” by Aryeh Motzkin

    - Aryeh L. Motzkin, “On Halevi's Kuzari as a Platonic Dialogue,” Interpretation 9, 1 (1980), pp. 111–124.  
    The late Aryeh Motzkin discusses how and why Halevi’s work should be interpreted. Excerpt: Since the Kuzari is a dialogue, the first question that needs to be resolved is the mutual relations of the views of the Haver, the Jewish rabbi who is the main… More

  • “Shiite Terms and Conceptions in Judah Halevi’s Kuzari”

    - Shlomo Pines, “Shiite Terms and Conceptions in Judah Halevi's Kuzari,” Jerusalem Studies in Arabic and Islam 2 (1980), pp. 165–251.  

  • “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

  • “Merkavah Traditions in the Philosophic Garb: Judah Halevi Reconsidered”

    - Elliot R. Wolfson, “Merkavah Traditions in the Philosophic Garb: Judah Halevi Reconsidered,” Proceedings of the American Academy for Jewish Research 57 (1991), pp. 172–242 .  
    Excerpt: “It is generally agreed that the twelfth century was a critical time when both philosophy and mysticism began to have a greater impact on the intellectual development of Jews living in central Europe. On the one hand, ancient Jewish mystical… 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.  

  • “The Visual Experience in the Kuzari”

    - Yochanan Silman, “The Visual Experience in the Kuzari,” Yearbook for Religious Anthropology: Ocular Desire, Akademic Verlag, 1994, pp. 117–126.  

  • Philosopher and Prophet: Judah Halevi, the Kuzari, and the Evolution of His Thought

    - Yochanan Silman, Philosopher and Prophet: Judah Halevi, the Kuzari, and the Evolution of His Thought, trans. L. J. Schramm, State University of New York Press, 1995.  
    From the Publisher: “This book is the first to describe the development of Halevi’s thought with a view to reaching a better understanding of its inherent systematic difficulties, as well as enabling identification of the various strata of the… More

  • “Science in the Kuzari”

    - Y. T. Langermann, “Science in the Kuzari,” Science in Context 10, 3 (1997), pp. 495–522.

  • 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

  • “Judah Halevi and His Use of Philosophy in the Kuzari”

    - Barry S. Kogan, “Judah Halevi and His Use of Philosophy in the Kuzari,” The Cambridge Companion to Medieval Jewish Philosophy, ed. Daniel H. Frank and Oliver Leaman,  Cambridge University Press, 2003, pp. 111–135.
    From the Publisher: “Influenced originally by Islamic theological speculation, classical philosophers and Christian Scholasticism of the Middle Ages, Jewish thinkers living in Islamic and Christian lands philosophized about Judaism from the ninth to… More

  • “Who Has Implanted Within Us Eternal Life: Judah Halevi on Immortality and the Afterlife”

    - Barry S. Kogan, “Who Has Implanted Within Us Eternal Life: Judah Halevi on Immortality and the Afterlife,” Judaism and Modernity: The Religious Philosophy of David Hartman, ed. Jonathan W. Malino, Ashgate, 2004, pp. 445–463.
    From the Publisher: “In the past quarter-century, David Hartman has established himself as one of the pre-eminent religious and Jewish thinkers of our age. Refusing to be limited by the traditional focus on metaphysics and theology, Hartman has… More

  • “Taste and See That the Lord is Good: Halevi’s God Revisited”

    - Diana Lobel, “Taste and See That the Lord is Good: Halevi's God Revisited,” Be’erot Yitzhaq: Studies in Memory of Isadore Twersky, ed. Jay M. Harris, Harvard University Press, 2005, pp. 161–178.  
    From the Publisher: “Professor Isadore Twersky was one of the giants of the field of Jewish Studies. Among his many accomplishments was the supervision of over thirty-five dissertations in Jewish Studies, ranging chronologically from the tenth century… More

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

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

  • “Ittisal and the Amir Ilahi: Divine Immanence and the World to Come in the Kuzari”

    - Diana Lobel, “Ittisal and the Amir Ilahi: Divine Immanence and the World to Come in the Kuzari,” Esoteric and Exoteric Aspects in Judeo-Arabic Culture, eds. Benjamin H. Hary and Haggai Ben Shammai, Brill, 2006, pp. 131–173.  
    From the Publisher: “This volume represents the interdisciplinary nature of Judeo-Arabic studies. There are articles on Jewish thought, philosophy and mysticism, language and linguistics, religious studies, intellectual and social history, law, biblical… More

  • 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.