Levinas - The Levinas Reader (ed Hand)

VIPrefaceimpossible goal of Levinas's ethical enterprise. Editorial intervention hastherefore been undertaken primarily to help the reader: minor stylisticchanges have been made, and a glossary explaining the main Judaic referenceshas been provided at the end of the volume. Certain conventionsconcerning the translation of the term 'other' have been observed: autrui,autre, and Autre have been rendered as 'Other', 'other' and 'Other (l'Autre),respectively. In general, quotations from the Bible have been taken fromthe Collins Revised Standard Version, and quotations from the Talmudcome from The Babylonian Talmud, under the editorship of Isidore Epstein(London: Soncino Press), 1948.I should like to thank my editor at Basil Blackwell, Stephan Chambers,my desk editor, Andrew McNeillie, and my copy editor, Alex McIntosh, forthe commitment and complete professionalism which all of them brought tothe production of this volume. The Bodleian Library, the Taylor Institutionrecondite material. Sarah Richmond produced superb translations of difficultworks with impressive efficiency. Michael Holland brought his expertknowledge of Blanchot to bear on his translation. Roland Lack, JonathanRomney and Michael Temple worked hard to produce their new translations.Daniel Frank of the Oxford Centre for Postgraduate Hebrew Studiesgenerously helped me to read specific passages of the Talmud. Aboveall, I should like to thank Emmanuel Levinas for his kind support, and forthe continuously inspiring nature of his work, based on responsibility forthe other. Any errors which remain in this work must be my own responsibility.Sean Hand