Idolatry

Moshe Halbertal

Avishai Margalit

Translated by Naomi Goldblum

    Introduction

    1. Idolatry and Betrayal

    2. Idolatry and Representation

    3. Idolatry and Myth

    4. Idolatry as Error

    5. The Wrong God

    6. The Ethics of Belief

    7. From Idolatrous Belief to Idolatrous Practice

    8. Idolatry and Political Authority Conclusion

    Notes

    Index

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Moshe Halbertal teaches Jewish Thought and Philosophy at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem.

Avishai Margalit is the Schulman Professor of Philosophy at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He is also the George F. Kennan Professor in the School of Historical Studies at the Institute for Advanced Studies. He writes regularly for the New York Review of Books.