Overview

This book explores past expressions of the Jewish interest in Hinduism in order to learn what Hinduism has meant to Jews living mainly in the 12th through the 19th centuries. India and Hinduism, though never at the center of Jewish thought, claim a place in its history, in the picture Jews held of the wider world, of other religions and other human beings. Each chapter focuses on a specific author or text and examines the literary context as well as the cultural context, within and outside Jewish society, that provided images and ideas about India and its religions. Overall the volume constructs a history of ideas that changed over time with different writers in different settings. It will be especially relevant to scholars interested in Jewish thought, comparative religion, interreligious dialogue, and intellectual history.

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'Marks’ scholarship is impressive. This volume requires mastery of sources from several fields, including philosophical, exegetical, literary, and geographic works. [...] I recommend this book for a broad range of advanced courses in history of ideas, Jewish theology, theology of religions, comparative religion, and interfaith relations. The clear prose, comfortable reading, and broad range of topics make it a wonderful series of case studies for a variety of advanced graduate courses. The book is thus of far greater significance than its narrower methodological framing.' - Alon Goshen-Gottstein, Founder and Director of the Elijah Interfaith Institute, Reading Religion

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Richard G. Marks is Professor Emeritus in the Department of Religion at Washington and Lee University, USA.

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