Research Profile

Prof. Blumenthal teaches and writes on constructive Jewish theology, medieval Judaism, Jewish mysticism, and Holocaust studies. Prof. Blumenthal is the subject of a 2014 book in the series “Library of Contemporary Jewish Philosophers,” edited by H. Tirosh-Samuelson and A. Hughes, entitled “David R. Blumenthal: Living with God and Humanity.”

Teaching Profile

Biblical Literature; Classic Religious Texts: Ecclesiastes; Freshman Seminar: Using Stamps to Explore Religion and Culture; Jewish Mystical Tradition: The Zohar;
Special Topics: Interpreting Psalms; Rabbinic Judaism: Prayer and Liturgy

Selected Publications

Philosophic Mysticism: Essays in Rational Religion (2007)

The Banality of Good and Evil: Moral Lessons from the Shoah and Jewish Tradition (Georgetown University Press, 1999)

Facing the Abusing God: A Theology of Protest (Westminster / John Knox, 1993)

God at the Center (Harper and Row, 1988; reprinted Jason Aronson, 1994 (translated as Dieu au coeur, 2002)

Understanding Jewish Mysticism (2 vols.) (1978, 1982)

Contact

Phone: +01 404-727-7545
Email: reldrb@emory.edu
Homepage: http://www.js.emory.edu/BLUMENTHAL/index.html