Kenneth Seeskin (born 1947) is an American philosopher and Philip M. and Ethel Klutznick Professor Emeritus of Jewish Civilization at

Northwestern University Northwestern University is a private research university in Evanston, Illinois. Founded in 1851, Northwestern is the oldest chartered university in Illinois and is ranked among the most prestigious academic institutions in the world. Charte ...

. He is known for his works on

Jewish philosophy Jewish philosophy () includes all philosophy carried out by Jews, or in relation to the religion of Judaism. Until modern ''Haskalah'' (Jewish Enlightenment) and Jewish emancipation, Jewish philosophy was preoccupied with attempts to reconcile ...

. Seeskin won the Koret Jewish Book Award for his book ''Searching for a Distant God: The Legacy of Maimonides'' in 2001.

Books

* ''The Cambridge Companion to Maimonides'', Cambridge University Press, 2005 * ''Maimonides on the Origin of the World'', Cambridge University Press, 2005 * ''Autonomy in Jewish Philosophy'', Cambridge University Press, 2001 * ''Searching for a Distant God: The Legacy of Maimonides'', Oxford University Press, 2000 * ''Jewish Philosophy in a Secular Age'', SUNY Press, 1990 * ''Maimonides: A Guide for Today's Perplexed'', Behrman House, 1991

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* 21st-century American philosophers American philosophy academics Living people 1947 births Northwestern University faculty Yale University alumni Maimonides scholars {{US-philosopher-stub