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Orthodox Judaism Responds to the Challenge Posed by Leo Strauss
Why stop at saying that belief is just as rational as unbelief?
The German-American philosopher Leo Strauss is best known for his emphasis on esoteric readings of the great works of Western political philosophy, his writing about natural rights, and his insistence that modern scholars can recover a tradition of political rationalism from classical antiquity. But he was also a proud Jew and Zionist, whose thinking about Judaism was deeply intertwined with his thinking about the fundamental problems of political theory. His work thus provides a springboard for a recent collection of essays titled Strauss, Spinoza & Sinai: Orthodox Judaism and Modern Questions of Faith. Nathan Laufer writes in his review:
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Orthodox Judaism Responds to the Challenge Posed by Leo Strauss
Why stop at saying that belief is just as rational as unbelief?