Preface to the English Translation Pt. 1: The Tradition of the Critique of Religion I: The Tradition of the Critique of Religion II: Uriel da Costa III: Isaac de la Peyrere IV: Thomas Hobbes Pt. 2: Spinoza's Critique of Religion V: The Critique of Orthodoxy VI: The Critique of Maimonides VII: The Critique of Calvin VIII: The Analysis of Revealed Religion IX: The State and the Social Function of Religion X: Spinoza's Conception of the Bible and Bible ScienceNotes Appendix
Leo Strauss (1899-1973) was the Robert Maynard Hutchins Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus in Political Science at the University of Chicago.