David R. Blumenthal

Jay and Leslie Cohen

Professor of Judaic Studies

 

 

Professor Blumenthal took his B.A. at the University of Pennsylvania and his Ph.D. at Columbia University. He teaches and writes on constructive Jewish theology, medieval Judaism, Jewish mysticism, and holocaust studies. His previous published works include numerous scholarly articles, reviews, and eleven books including the two volume Understanding Jewish Mysticism (1978, 1982), God at the Center (Harper and Row, 1988; reprinted Jason Aronson, 1994; French translation as Dieu au coeur, 2002 ), Facing the Abusing God: A Theology of Protest (Westminster / John Knox, 1993), The Banality of Good and Evil: Moral Lessons from the Shoah and Jewish Tradition (Georgetown University Press: 1999) and Philosophic Mysticism: Essays in Rational Religion (2007). Professor Blumenthal is a member of the European Academy of Sciences and the American Academy of Religion.

Visitors to this page are welcome to download and use the material. Professor Blumenthal only asks that the requisite courtesy and law be observed in crediting him. He welcomes inquiries and can be reached at reldrb@emory.edu or by phone at 404-727-7545.

articles
on the abusing God
on mysticism
on prayer
on the banality of evil
autobiographical
other
book reviews
 
articles specially designed for the web
Reading Genesis
Praying Ashrei (Meditations on Psalm 145) -- revised 11/12/97
The Creator and the Computer
Commentary to Sefer Yetsira
Women in Israeli and Judaica Topical Philately, Levi Stewart and David Blumenthal (revised: 6/01/2007)
syllabi and teaching materials
biblical studies
medieval Judaism
modern Judaism
evil studies
miscellaneous
 
student work
Voices from Psalms I
Voices from Psalms II
Voices from Psalms III
miscellaneous

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Gyongyi "Ginger" Goldhammer, June 16th, 1907 - June 9th, 2008

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