15. Self-Assertion and a Jewish Theology of Religions

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Abbreviations xiii
5. Introduction 1
6. PART 1. BENAMOZEGH’S TEXTS AND CONTEXTS Morocco, the Risorgimento, and the Disputed Manuscript
7. 1. The Moroccan World of a Livornese Jew 15
8. 2. An Italian Jewish Patriot in the Risorgimento 27
9. 3. The Banned Author and the Oriental Publisher 37
10. 4. Expanding His Readership: Benamozegh’s Turn to French 46
11. 5. The Afterlives of a Manuscript 53
12. PART II. UNIVERSALISM AS AN INDEX OF JEWISH MODERNITY
13. 6. Situating Benamozegh in the Debate on Jewish Universalism 63
14. 7. Normativity and Inclusivity in Modernity: The Role and Limits of the Noahide Laws 83
15. 8. Cosmopolitanism and Universalism: The Political Value of Judaism in an Age of Nations 93
16. 9. Universalism in Particularism: Benamozegh’s Legacies, between Levinas and Religious Zionism 102
17. Part III. Beyond Binaries: Kabbalah as a Tool for Modernity
18. 10. Kabbalah: Reason and the Power of Myth 109
19. 11. Beyond Dualism: Kabbalah and the Coincidence of Opposites 122
20. 12. Kabbalah as Politics 133
21. Part IV. Past Enmity: Modes of Interreligious Engagement and Jewish Self-Affirmation
22. 13. Religious Enmity and Tolerance Reconsidered 151
23. 14. “The Iron Crucible” and Loci of Religious Contact 162
24. 15. Self-Assertion and a Jewish Theology of Religions 173
25. 16. Modes of Interreligious Engagement: From Theory to Social Practices 183
26. Epilogue 193
27. Notes 197
28. Bibliography 261
29. Index 295