An introduction to modern Jewish philosophy, focusing in particular on the efforts of modern Jewish philosophers to reconceptualize their religious tradition along the lines of modern philosophy. Philosophers to be studied in this course include Baruch Spinoza, Moses Mendelssohn, Hermann Cohen, Franz Rosenzweig, Martin Buber, Hannah Arendt, Leo Strauss, and Emmanuel Levinas.

Cross-listed with JWST419F and JWST419F. Credit granted only for PHIL328J, JWST619F, or JWST419F.