Please read: Emmanuel Levinas, "The Temptation of Temptation" (1964) in Nine Talmudic Readings [coursepack/book on reserve] and write 2-4 well-written paragraphs (up to 2½ pages) on the following question, with detailed attention to the text:
How does Levinas explain the opposition between "freedom" and the significance of "we will do and we will hear"? (Feel free to explain what he is doing with reference to what you have read of "Revelation in the Jewish Tradition.")
Please type and double-space your answer, use 1-inch margins, and number and staple the pages you hand in.
Please keep a copy of your assignment to refer to in class.
Background Reading:
A Page of Talmud (website of Eliezer Segal, University of Calgary)
posted November 16, 2005