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Humanistic Judaism, being such a young movement, does not yet have a
large body of literature. However, there are a number of authors that
are recommended reading by Rabbi Wine:
* Classics Of Humanism: Epicurus, Democritus, August Comte, John
Stuart Mill, Bertrand Russell, John Dewey, Jean Paul Sartre,
George Santayana.
* Writings of Jews Who Were Humanists: Albert Einstein, Sigmund
Freud, Erich Fromm, Walter Kippman, and Walter Kaufman
* Literature of Secular Historians: Spinoza, Julius Wellhausen,
Emile Durkeim, Max Weber, Simon Dubnow, Salo Baron, and Theodore
Gaster
* Writings of Jewish Nationalists: I.L. Peretz, Sholem Aleichem,
Chaim Zhitlowsky, Ahad Haam, Micah Berdichevsky, Theodore Herzl,
Max Nordau, A.D. Gordon, Ber Borochov, Saul Tchernikhovsky,
Vladmir Jabotinsky, David Ben Gurion, and Haum Goldmann
* Jewish Essayists and Novelists Who are Ardent Humanists: Saul
Bellow, Albert Memmi, and George Steiner
Other books on Humanism and Judaism include:
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Eliav, Arie Lova; Oz, Amos (design); Wouk, Herman (design). New
Heart, New Spirit: Biblical Humanism for Modern Israel. Jewish
Publication Society; 1989. Hardcover. ISBN 0-827603-17-7.
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Lachs, Samuel Tobias. Humanism in Talmud and Midrash. Fairleigh
Dickinson Univ Pr; 1992. Hardcover. ISBN 0-838634-68-0.
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