New Paths in Jewish and Religious StudiesGlenn DynnerLabel: Purdue University PressDescription: The work of Elliot R. Wolfson has profoundly influenced the fields of Jewish studies as well as philosophy and religion more broadly. His radically new approaches have created pioneering ways of analyzing texts and thinking about religion through the lens of gender sexuality and feminist theory. The contributors to New Paths in Jewish and Religious Studies: Essays in Honor of Professor Elliot R. Wolfson many of whom are internationally renowned scholars hearken from diverse fields. Each has learned from and collaborated with Wolfson as student or colleague and each has expanded the new scholarly directions initiated by Wolfson's groundbreaking work. Wolfson's scholarship gives us innovative ways to think about Judaism and a fresh understanding of religion. Not only a scholar Wolfson is one of the most important Jewish thinkers of our day. Chapters are grouped according to the categories of religion Jewish thought and philosophy and a focused section on Kabbalah Wolfson's primary specialization. The volume concludes with a bibliography of Wolfson's published work and a selection of his poetry.
