PROFESSOR YEHOYADA AMIR, LIST OF PUBLICATIONS (selection)

LIST OF PUBLICATIONS (Selection)

Yehoyada Amir

A. Books
1.

Reason out of Faith: The Philosophy of Franz Rosenzweig [Hebrew; daat

maaminah: iyyunim be-mishnato shel Franz Rosenzweig], TelAviv: Am Oved,
2004 (English version is du to be released in 2014)

2.

A Small Still Voice: Theological Critical Reflections [Hebrew; kol demamah dakah:
machshevot emunah u-vikoret], TelAviv: Miskal Yedioth Ahronoth Books, 2009

3.

The Thought of Rabbi Nachman Krochmal (tentative title; in preparation)

C. Books edited:
1.

Andre Neher and Post Holocaust French Jewish Thought [Hebrew; netzach be-itot
shel shinuy: Andre Neher ve-he-hagut ha-yehudit ha-tzorfatit le-achar ha-Shoah], Tel
Aviv: Hakibbuz Hameuchad and The Van Leer Institute in Jerusalem, 2005

2.

The Path of the Spirit: Eliezer Schweids Jubilee Volume [Hebrew; derekh ha-ruach:
sefer ha-yovel le-Eliezer Schweid, Jerusalem: The Institute of Jewish Studies, Hebrew
University and The Van Leer Institute in Jerusalem, 2005 [2 volumes; Jerusalem
Studies in Jewish Thought, 1819]

3.

Franz Rosenzweig, Das Bchlein vom gesunden und kranken Menschenverstand

[Hebrew translation; ha-sifron al ha-sekhel ha-bari ve-ha-sekhel ha-choleh], Hebrew:
Harel Kain, TelAviv: Resling, 2005 [academic editor]

4.

Nachman Krochmal, Moreh Nevukhei ha-Zeman, Jerusalem: Carmel, 2010 [academic

editor]

5.

Yehoyada Amir, Joseph (Yossi) Turner, Martin Brasser (eds.), Faith, Truth, and
Reason: New Perspectives on Franz Rosenzweig's 'Star of Redemption', Freiburg:
Verlag Karl Alber, 2012 (Rosenzweigiana: Beitrge fr RosenzeigsForschung , 6)
[co-editor]

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6.

Jack J. Cohen & Benjie Gruber, Jacob's Ladder: Jewish Thoughts [Hebrew; sulam
ya'akov: mach'shavot yehudiyot], Jerusalem: Carmel Publishers and the Mordecai M.
Kaplan Center for Contemporary Jewish Thought, 2012 [co-editor]

7.

Eugene Borowitz, Renewing the Covenant: A Theology for the Postmodern Jew
[Hebrew; chidusha shel habrit: teologya le-yehudim post-modernim], Hebrew:
Menashe Arbel and Eilon Shamir, Tel Aviv: Hakibuz Hameuchad; Sifriyyat Hayahadut Ha-mitkademet (The Library for Progressive Judaism), 2014 [co-editor]

D. Refereed Academic Articles:

1.

The Foundations of Franz Rosenzweig's Theory of Knowledge [Hebrew], Iyyun, 39

(October 1990), pp. 381422

2.

The Star of Redemption' between Judaism and Christianity [Hebrew], Daat, 29

(Summer 1992), pp. 107130

3.

On the Rivers of Babylon: Krochmal and Psalm 137 [Hebrew], Tarbiz, 51, 34
(SpringSummer 1992), pp. 527544

4.

Miracle as an Epistemological Category in Rosenzweig's Philosophy [Hebrew],

Daat, 31 (Summer 1993), pp. 4764

5.

Between Theology and Epistemology: A Study of the 'Star of Redemption'

[Hebrew], Proceedings of the Eleventh World Congress of Jewish Studies (1993), C,
II, pp. 185192.

6.

Bridges: A. E. Simon and the Hope of the Hopers [Hebrew], in: Z. Lamm (ed.),
Design and Rehabilitation: Akiva Ernst Simon and Karl Frankenstein Memorial
Volume (Hebrew: itzuv ve-shikum: asufat maamarim le-zekher Akiva Ernst Simon
and Karl Frankenstein), Jerusalem: Magness, 1996, pp. 3858

7.

From Idolatrous Myth to the Biblical Myth: a Study in the Star of Redemption
(Hebrew), in: Havivah Pedayah (ed.), The Myth in Judaism [Hebrew: ha-mitos bayahadut (Eshel BeerSheva, 4)], Beer Sheba: BenGurion University Press, 1996, pp.
379392

8.

Man's Share in the Truth: On the Star of Redemption's Notion of Truth [Hebrew],
Rivka ShatzUffenheimer Memorial Volume [Hebrew: kolot rabim: sefer ha-zikaron
le-Rivka Shatz-Uffenheimer], II, (Jerusalem Studies in Jewish Thought, 12),
Jerusalem: Magness, 1996, pp. 557586 (enlarged version of E.5)

9.

Ewigkeit und Wahrheit: Die messianische Erkenntnistheorie Franz Rosenzweigs,

in: Eveline GoodmanThau (ed.), Vom Jenseits: Jdisches Denken in der
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Eurpischen Geisetesgeschichte, Berlin: Akademie Verlag 1997, pp. 143167

(updated version of E.8)
10.

Sionismo y Fundamentalismo, Reflejos, 5 (1996), pp. 111122

10a.

Hebrew version: www.oranim.ac.il/Docs/Fund.html

11.

Towards a Life of Expansion: Education as Religious Deed in A. D. Gordons

Philosophy, in: Yisrael Rich & Michael Rosenak (eds.), Abiding Challenges:
Research Perspectives on Jewish Education (Studies in Memory of Mordechai Bar
Lev), London: Freud Publishing 1999, pp. 1963

12.

Bei Gott zu Sein?: der ewige Weg des einzelnen Juden nach der Philosophie Franz
Rosenzweigs, in: Jochen Denker, Jonas Marquardt and Borgi WinklerRohlfing
(eds.), Hren und Lernen in der Schule des NAMENS: Festschrift fr Bertold
Klappert zum 60. Geburtstag, Neukirchener: Neukirchener Verlag 1999, pp. 350363
(updated version of E.2)

13.

The Images of Abraham and Moses in Krochmals Philosophy [Hebrew], in:

Hannah Kasher and Mosheh Hallamish (eds.), The Faith of Abraham [Hebrew:
avraham avi ha-maaminim: dmuto bi-rei he-hagut le-dototeah], Ramat Gan: Bar
Ilan University Press, 2002, pp. 205228

14.

Rosenzweigs Concept of Prayer [Hebrew], Criticism & Interpretation: Journal for

Interdisciplinary Studies in Literature and Culture (bikoret ufarshanut), 37 (winter
2003), pp. 2964

15.

The Perplexity of our Time: Nachman Krochmal and Modern Jewish Existence,
Modern Judaism, 23, 3 (October 2003), pp. 264301

16.

From Negation to Rehabilitation: The Role of Myth in Modern Jewish Philosophy

[Hebrew], in: Moshe Idel and Ithamar Gruenwald (eds.), Myth in Jewish Thought
[Hebrew: ha-mitos ba-yahadut], Jerusalem: The Zalman Shazar Center for Jewish
History, 2004, pp. 264301

17.

Die Offenbarung Gottes und des Menschen aus den Quellen des Judentums: eine
Studie zu Rosenzweigs Stern der Erlsung, in: Martin Brasser (ed.), Rrosenzweig als
Leser: Kontextuelle Kommentare zum Stern der Erlsung, Tbingen: Max
Niemeyer, 2004, pp. 429451

18.

The Place of Jewish Religion in Contemporary Human Existence [Hebrew], in:

Mordecai Menahem Kaplan, Religion of Ethical Nationhood: Judaism's Contribution
to World's Peace [Hebrew: dat ha-umiyyut ha-musarit: terumat ha-yahadut li-shelom
ha-olam], Jerusalem: Mosad Bialik [for the Mordecai Menahem Kaplan Center],
2005, pp. IIIXXIII

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19.

Land, Nature and Man: Striking Roots in EretzIsraels Landscape according to the
Thought of A. D. Gordon [Hebrew], in: Aviezer Ravitzki (ed.), Eretz Israel in 20th
Century Jewish Thought [Hebrew: eretz yisrael ba-machshavah ha-yehudit ba-meah
ha-esrim], Jerusalem: Yad Yitzhak BenZvi, 2004, pp. 315345

20.

Religion and Religions in the 'Star of Redemption', in: Luc Ancert, Martin Brasser
and Norbert Samuelson (eds.), The Legacy of Franz Rosenzweig: Collected Essays,
Leuven: Lruvian University Press, 2004, pp. 199210

21.

The Concept of Exile as a Model for dealing with the Holocaust, in: Steven Katz
(ed.), The Impact of the Holocaust on Jewish Theology, New York and London: New
York University Press, 2005, pp. 226247 [Updated Hebrew version: F.13; included
in B.2]

21a.

Ibid, in: Steven Katz, Shlomo Biderman & Gershon Greenberg (eds.), Wrestling
with God: Jewish Theological Responses during and after the Holocaust,
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2007, pp. 304317

22.

Yitzchak Julius Guttmann and the Study of Jewish Philosophy [Hebrew], in: Hagit
Lavski (ed.), The History of Hebrew University of Jerusalem: A Period of
Consolidation and Growth [Hebrew: toldot hauniversitah haivrit bi-yerushalayim:
hitbasesut u-tzemichah], I, Jerusalem: Magness, 2005, pp. 219255

23.

Identification through Critique: The troubled Friendship of Shmuel Hugo Bergmann

and Martin Buber [Hebrew], Daat, 5759 (2006; Yossef BenShlomo Jubilee
Volume), pp. 289312

24.

'To Mend the World': From Rosenzweig to Fackenheim, in: Wolfdietrich Schmied
Kowarzik (ed.), Franz Rosenzweigs 'Neues Denken': Internationaler Kongre Kassel
2004, I: Selbstbegrenzendes Denken; in pholosophos, Mnchen & Freiburg: Karl
Alber, 2006, pp. 619625

25.

Ein gender-orientierter Blick auf die Liebe Gottes zum Menschen, ibid, II:
Erfahrene Offenbarung; in theologos, pp. 845861

26.

Rosenzweig and Jewish Education: A BiographicPhilosophical Study [Hebrew],

in: Howard Kreisel (ed.), Study and Knowledge in Jewish Thought [Hebrew Volume:
limud vadaat bemachshava yehudit], Beer Sheba: Ben Gurion University Press,
2006 [The GoldsteinGoren Library of Jewish Thought, 5], II, pp. 273299

27.

Towards Mutual Listening: The Notion of Sermon in Franz Rosenzweig's

Philosophy, in: Alexander Deeg, Walter Homolka, and HeinzGnter Schltter,
Preaching in Judaism and Christianity, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, 2008, pp. 113130

28.

Jewish and Christian Bible Reading Between Retro-sepctivism and 'Pro-Spectivism';

Response to HeinzGnter Schttler, ibid, pp. 175181

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29.

Second Naivet as a Religious and Educational Stance; Response to Haim O.

Rechnitzer, 'A Sober Look at Akiva Ernst Simon the Second Naivet' [Hebrew], in:
Jonathan Cohen and Elie Holzer (eds.), Modes of Educational Translations [Studies
in Jewish Education, 13], Jerusalem: Magness, 2009, Hebrew section, pp. 101108

30.

New Paths towards Christianity and Islam in the Thought of Nachman Krochmal
and Elijah Benamozegh, in: Grge Hasselhoff (ed.), Die Entdeckung des
Christentums in der Wissenschaft des Judentums, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, 2010,
pp. 213238

31.

Rabbi Soloveitchik as a Cultural Agent: A Critical Reading of The Lonely Man of

Faith [Hebrew], in: Avinoam Rosenak and Naftali Rothenberg (eds.), Studies in
Rabbi Yossef Dov Soloveitchiks Influence on Culture, Education and Jewish Thought
[Hebrew: Rav ba-olam he-chadash iyyunim: be-hashpaato shel ha-rav Yossef Dov
Soloveitchik al tarbut, al chinukh, ve-al machshavah yehudit], Jerusalem: Magness
and The Van Leer Institute in Jerusalem, 2010, pp. 223244

32.

Rosenzweigs Encounter with Rabbi Judah ha-Levis Poetry [Hebrew], Franz

Rosenzweig, Jehudah Halevi: Fnfundneunzig Hymnen und Gedichte : Deutsch und
Hebrisch [Hebrew translation: perushei Franz Rosenzweig ke-tish'im va-chamisha
ni-shirei rabbi Yehudah Halevi], translated by Michael Schwarz, Jerusalem: Magness,
2011, pp. 128.

33.

Israel as a Jewish State: Religious and Secular Dimensions, in: Irene Dingel &
Christiane Tiez (eds.), Die politische Aufgabe von Religion: Perspektiven der drei
monotheistischen Religionen, Gtingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2011
[Verffentlichungen des Instituts fr Europische Geschichte Mainz, 87], pp. 1336

34.

Nachman Krochmal: Philosophy, Scholarship and Talmud Torah [Hebrew], in:

Daniel J. Lasker (ed.), Jewish Thought and Jewish Belief, Beer Sheba: Ben-Gurion
University of the Negev Press, 2012, pp. 103-127

35.

Das Ende der Galut?: Eine Untersuchung zur jdischen religisen Philosophie des
19. Jahrhunderts, in: Tanja Pilger & Markus Witte (eds.), Mazel tov;
Interdisziplinre Beitrge zum Verhltnis von Christentum und Judentum: Festschrift
anlsslich des 50. Geburtstages des Instituts Kirche und Judentum, Leipzig: Studien
Kirche und Israel; Neue Folge, 2012, pp. 229245

36.

Hebrew as a Language for Philosophic Discourse: The Philosopies of Nachman

Krochmal and S.D. Luzzatto (Hebrew), in: Yotam Benziman (ed.), Leshon Rabim:
Hebrew as a Cultural Language (Hebrew), Jerusalem: The Van Leer Jerusalem
Institute and Tel Aviv: Hakibbutz Hameuchad, 2013, pp. 7394

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37.

Prophecy and Halakhah: Towards Non-Orthodox Religious Praxis in (Eretz) Israel,

New York: The Tikvah Center Working Paper Series 06/12, New York: New York
University School of Law, 2013
[online version: http://www.nyutikvah.org/publications.html]

38.

The General-Human and the Particular-Jewish Dimensions of the Holocaust: A

Philosophical-Educational Reflection, Dapim: Studies on the Holocaust, 27, 3

(2013), 157173

Hebrew version to be published on Summer 2014

E. Encyclopedia Entrees:
1.

Religion in der Geschichte und Gegenwart: Handwrterbuch fr Theologie und

Religionswissenschaft, 4th edition, editors: Hans Dieter Betz, Don S. Browning,
Bernd Janowski, Eberhard Jngel, Tbingen: Mohr Ssiebeck, 19982007:
I.
Bomberg Daniel, I (1998), pp. 1679
II.
Buber Martin, I (1998), pp. 18071810
III.
Buber Salomon, I (1998), p. 1810
IV.
Bund (Judentum, Mittelalter und Neuzeit), I (1998), pp. 18681869
V.
Cohen Hermann, II (1999), pp. 415416
VI.
Eigenschaften Gottes (Judentum), II, (1999), pp. 11381139
VII.
Elbogen Ismar, II (1999), pp. 1191
VIII.
Ewiges Leben (Judentum, Mittelalter und Neuzeit), II (1999), pp. 1770
1771

2.

The Reconstructionist Movement, in: Yirmiyahu Yovel (ed.), New Jewish Time:
Jewish Culture in Secular Age (Hebrew: zeman yehudi chadash: tarbut yehudit beidan chiloni; mabat enziklopedi), Jerusalem: Keter and Lamda, 2007, II, pp. 228232
[also online: http://lib.cet.ac.il/Pages/sub.asp?author=3306]

3.

Encyclopedia Judaica, second edition, Michael Berenbaum and Fred Skolnik (eds.),
Detroit: Macmillan Reference USA, 2007
[also online: http://www.gale.cengage.com]:
IX.
X.
XI.
XII.
XIII.
XIV.
XV.
XVI.

Ascher Saul, II, p. 552

Baeck Leo, III, pp. 5052
Bendavid Lazarus, III, p. 325
Bergman Shmuel Hugo, III, pp. 428429
Breur Isaac, IV, p. 121
Cohen Hermann, V, pp. 1820
Creation and Cosmology in the Bible [modern thought], V, p. 279
Formstecher Salomon, VII, pp. 131132
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XVII. Frankel Zacharias, VII, pp. 200201

XVIII. Gans Eduard, VII, pp. 377378
XIX. Guttmann Jacob, VIII, pp. 156157
XX. Guttmann Julius, VIII, pp. 157158
XXI. Herz Marcus, IX, p. 52
XXII. Hirsch Samson Raphael, IX, pp. 129132
XXIII. Schweid Eliezer, XVIII, pp. 194195 [written in cooperation with Joseph
Turner]

F. Rabbinic and Liturgical Publications Edited:

1.

Yehoyada Amir et al. (eds.), Mevakshei Paneikhah (I): Liturgy, Midrash and
Theology for the High Holidays [Hebrew], 2000

2.

Geuli & Yehoyada Amir (eds.), Mevakshei Paneikhah (II): Liturgy, Midrash and
Theology for the Holidays and Mourning days of the Hebrew Calendar [Hebrew],
2009

3.

Yehoram Mazor, Dalia Marx & Yehoyada Amir (eds.), Haggadah for Our Time: An
Israeli Reform Passover Haggadah [Hebrew], 2009, [co-editor with Yehoram Mazor
and Dalia Sara Marx; publisher; contains 8 liturgical and theological texts of mine]

4.

Yehoyada Amir, Mike Nitzan, Naama Dafni-Keln (eds.), Barekhu: Publication for
Renewal
of
the
Prayer
in
Israel
[Hebrew],
2010
http://www.hagim.org.il/image/users/125389/ftp/my_files/%D7%91%D7%A8%D7%
9B%D7%95.pdf?id...

G. Sermons:
Hebrew: Israel Reform Movement (www.reform.org.il).
English and Hebrew: Rabbis for Human Rights (www.rhr.org.il)