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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

  • “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 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

  • “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.  

  • “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.

  • “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.  

  • 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

  • “Al-Ghazali and Halevi on Philosophy and the Philosophers”

    - Barry S. Kogan, “Al-Ghazali and Halevi on Philosophy and the Philosophers,” Medieval Philosophy and the Classical Tradition, ed. John Inglis, Curzon, 2002, pp. 64–80.  
    From the Publisher: “An initial chapter on the history of Islamic philosophy sets the stage for sixteen articles on issues across the three traditions. The goal is to see the Islamic tradition in its own richness and complexity as the context of most… 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

  • “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

  • “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

  • “Judah Halevi and Karaism”

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