“Focusing on questions surrounding otherness, transcendence, postmodernity, and the nature of religious thought, Westphal draws readers into a dialogue between the two great thinkers, Kierkegaard and Levinas.”

“This is an important and engaging work that will help readers to understand better not only Levinas and Kierkegaard, but also the nature of otherness and transcendence.”
 — Brian Treanor, Loyola Marymount University

“Westphal's book will set the terms for future debates about what at times seem like the indiscernible differences that make these two thinkers both very near and very far from each other. —Jeffrey Kosky, Washington and Lee UniversityThis is an important and engaging work that will help readers to understand better not only Levinas and Kierkegaard, but also the nature of otherness and transcendence.”
 — Brian Treanor, Loyola Marymount University

“[Westphal] has provided us with an important study, not only in terms of the ways it illuminates these two particular thinkers, but also in its careful comparative methodology that provides a useful model for further philosophical dialogue between past and present representatives of Jewish and Christian religious thought.26.3 July, 2010”
 — Daniel H. Weiss, University of Cambridge