Lenn E. Goodman

About the Author

Lenn E. Goodman is among America's foremost Jewish philosophers and is the author of God of Abraham, On Justice, In Defense of Truth, Love Thy Neighbor as Thyself (his Gifford Lectures), and numerous other philosophical works. He is Professor of Philosophy and Mellon Professor in the Humanities at show more Vanderbilt University, USA. show less

Includes the names: Lenn Goodman, Lenn E. Goodman, Lenn Evan Goodman

Works by Lenn E. Goodman

Avicenna (1992) 38 copies

Islamic Humanism (2003) 37 copies

Neoplatonism and Jewish Thought (Studies in Neoplatonism) (1992) — Editor — 20 copies

God of Abraham (1996) 15 copies

A Guide to The Guide to the Perplexed: A Reader’s Companion to Maimonides’ Masterwork (2024) 14 copies

On justice : an essay in Jewish philosophy (1991) 13 copies

Creation and Evolution (2010) 11 copies, 1 review

Love Thy Neighbor as Thyself (2008) 10 copies

Coming to Mind: The Soul and Its Body (2014) 9 copies

Jewish and Islamic Philosophy: Crosspollinations in the Classic Age (1999) 9 copies

Maimonides and His Heritage (2009) — Editor — 9 copies

Monotheism: A Philosophic Inquiry into the Foundations of Theology and Ethics (David Baumgardt memorial lectures) (1981) 7 copies

Judaism, Human Rights, and Human Values (1998) 5 copies

Aristotle's Politics Today (2007) — Editor — 5 copies

Religious Pluralism and Values in the Public Sphere (2014) 4 copies

Judaism : a contemporary philosophical investigation (2016) 2 copies

God and Truth: An Essay on Reason and Religious Ideas (Cambridge Studies in Religion, Philosophy, and Society) 2 copies

The Case of the Animals Vs. Man in the Court of the Djinn (1978) 1 copy

God and Truth (Cambridge Studies in Religion, Philosophy, and Society) 1 copy

L'universo di Avicenna (1995) 1 copy

The Case of the Animals vs Man Before the King of the Jinn (A 10th Century Ecological Fable of the Pure Brethren of Basra) 1 copy

In Defense of Truth: A Pluralistic Approach (2001) 1 copy

The Holy One of Israel (2019) 1 copy

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Hayy Ibn Yaqzan: A Philosophical Tale (1160) — Translator, some editions — 336 copies, 5 reviews

The Animals' Lawsuit Against Humanity: An Illustrated 10th Century Iraqi Ecological Fable (1978) — Translator, some editions — 57 copies, 2 reviews

History of Jewish Philosophy (Routledge History of World Philosophies) (1997) — Contributor — 38 copies

Judaism and Islam : boundaries, communication, and interaction : essays in honor of William M. Brinner (2000) — Contributor — 3 copies

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