Top Document: Judaism Reading List: Humanistic Judaism (Pt. VII) Previous Document: Philosophy of Movement Next Document: How do I obtain copies of the Reading Lists? See reader questions & answers on this topic! - Help others by sharing your knowledge Humanistic Judaism, being such a young movement, does not yet have a large body of literature. However, there are a number of authors that are recommended reading by Rabbi Wine: * Classics Of Humanism: Epicurus, Democritus, August Comte, John Stuart Mill, Bertrand Russell, John Dewey, Jean Paul Sartre, George Santayana. * Writings of Jews Who Were Humanists: Albert Einstein, Sigmund Freud, Erich Fromm, Walter Kippman, and Walter Kaufman * Literature of Secular Historians: Spinoza, Julius Wellhausen, Emile Durkeim, Max Weber, Simon Dubnow, Salo Baron, and Theodore Gaster * Writings of Jewish Nationalists: I.L. Peretz, Sholem Aleichem, Chaim Zhitlowsky, Ahad Haam, Micah Berdichevsky, Theodore Herzl, Max Nordau, A.D. Gordon, Ber Borochov, Saul Tchernikhovsky, Vladmir Jabotinsky, David Ben Gurion, and Haum Goldmann * Jewish Essayists and Novelists Who are Ardent Humanists: Saul Bellow, Albert Memmi, and George Steiner Other books on Humanism and Judaism include: [Eli89] Eliav, Arie Lova; Oz, Amos (design); Wouk, Herman (design). New Heart, New Spirit: Biblical Humanism for Modern Israel. Jewish Publication Society; 1989. Hardcover. ISBN 0-827603-17-7. [6][Buy at Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0827603177/socculturejew ish/] [Lac92] Lachs, Samuel Tobias. Humanism in Talmud and Midrash. Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Pr; 1992. Hardcover. ISBN 0-838634-68-0. [7][Buy at Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0838634680/socculturejew ish/] User Contributions:Top Document: Judaism Reading List: Humanistic Judaism (Pt. VII) Previous Document: Philosophy of Movement Next Document: How do I obtain copies of the Reading Lists? Single Page [ Usenet FAQs | Web FAQs | Documents | RFC Index ] Send corrections/additions to the FAQ Maintainer: SCJ FAQ Maintainer <maintainer@scjfaq.org>
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