Strauss contra Cohen. A proposito di Spinoza e della tradizione ebraica

The article analyses Hermann Cohen’s reading of Spinoza’s Tractatus Theologico-Politicus presented in the work Spinoza über Staat und Religion, Judentum und Christentum, 1915, and Leo Strauss’ answer of 1924: Cohens Analyse der Bibelwissenschaft Spinozas. Strauss aims to show the strong connections between Spinoza’s thought and the Jewish tradition. On the one hand, Spinoza’s work is bound to the Marrano environment of his time, while on the other hand, it restores the tradition of Maimonides’ esoteric scripture. Spinoza’s biblical and religious criticism establishes a fundamental step in the development of liberal Judaism.