Marc-Alain Ouaknin
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Marc-Alain Ouaknin | |
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| Born | 5 March 1957 Paris, France |
| Education | Paris Nanterre University |
| Occupation(s) | Philosopher Rabbi |
Marc-Alain Ouaknin (born 5 March 1957) is a French rabbi and a philosopher. He is the son of Rabbi Jacques Ouaknin (b. 1932, Marrakesh, Morocco) and Eliane Erlich Ouaknin (b. 1932, Lille; d. 2007, Marseille.) His father is the Grand Rabbi of the French cities of Reims, Lille, Metz, and Marseille.[1][2] Ouaknin dedicated his best-known work, The Burnt Book, to "my father, my master, Grand Rabbi Jacques Ouaknin."
Biography
[edit]Ouaknin holds a doctorate in philosophy and is the Director of the Centre De Recherches Et D’études Juives in Paris. He is also a professor of comparative literature at Bar-Ilan University in Israel. A major focus of his work since the 1980s has been to comment upon and extend the philosophy of Emmanuel Lévinas by comparing Levinas's writings to other Jewish texts—in particular to those of Hasidism and the Kabbalah. His work is in the continental philosophical tradition and emphasizes concepts current in French intellectual life. Unlike traditional rabbinic discourse, Ouaknin regularly cites thinkers outside the Jewish tradition, such as the psychoanalyst Jacques Lacan and the phenomenologist Maurice Merleau-Ponty.
Literary works
[edit]Ouaknin's books and articles have been translated into more than twenty languages. His best-known book in the English-speaking world is The Burnt Book (Le livre brûlé).
Partial bibliography
[edit]- The Burnt Book: Reading the Talmud, translation by Llewellyn Brown of Le livre brûlé, Lire le Talmud, Princeton University Press (1995)
- Le livre brûlé, Lire le Talmud, Lieu Commun (1986); Seuil (1992)
- La bible de l'humour juif, with D. Rotnemer, Ramsay (1995); J'ai lu (2002)
- Jean Daviot, Le ciel au bout des doigts, Paris Musées /Actes Sud, (2004)
References
[edit]- ^ "Descendants - azr06.HTM". Archived from the original on 2009-04-29. Retrieved 2008-11-06.
- ^ "Descendance Azran: Descendants of R. Moshe Azran". Archived from the original on April 29, 2009. Retrieved 2008-11-06.
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