We Are Not Alone: A Maimonidean Theology of the Other

by Menachem Kellner

Maimonides’ Guide of the Perplexed addressed Jews of his day who felt challenged by apparent contradictions between Torah and science. We Are Not A Maimonidean Theology of the Other uses Maimonides’ writings to address Jews of today who are perplexed by apparent contradictions between the morality of the Torah and their conviction that all human beings are created in the image of God and are the object of divine concern, that other religions have value, that genocide is never justified, and that slavery is evil. Individuals who choose to emphasize the moral and universalist elements of Jewish tradition can often find support in positions explicitly held by Maimonides or implied by his teachings. We Are Not Alone offers an ethical and universalist vision of traditionalist Judaism.

212 pages, Hardcover

Published July 13, 2021

Reviews

[Daniel · Rating 5 out of 5]

An excellent work. Kellner, based on Maimonides outlines a model for a universalist vision of Judaism moving away from the particularist Yehudah ha-Levi worldview. I just wish he had a good editor for this one. He often goes off on tangents about social issues (which will probably have folks on all points of the political spectrum rolling their eyes at one moment or another) that have nothing to do with his arguments that can be distracting.