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Judaism and the West : From Hermann Cohen to Joseph Soloveitchik.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: New Jewish Philosophy and Thought SeriesPublisher: Bloomington : Indiana University Press, 2016Copyright date: ©2016Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (285 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780253022394
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Judaism and the WestDDC classification:
  • 181.06
LOC classification:
  • B5800.E75 2016
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1 Exemplarity and the German-Jewish Symbiosis: Hermann Cohen on War and Religion -- 2 Symbol Not Sacrifice: Cohen's Jewish Jesus -- 3 Fire, Rays, and the Dark: Rosenzweig and the Oriental/Occidental Divide -- 4 Redeeming This World: Buber's Judaism and the Sanctity of Immanence -- 5 Prophets, Prophecy, and Divine Wrath: Heschel and the God of Pathos -- 6 Cultivating Objectivity: Soloveitchik, the Marburg School, and Religious Pluralism -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Index.
Summary: By reading the canon of Jewish philosophy in this new light, Erlewine offers insight into how Jewish thinkers used religion to assert their individuality and modernity.
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Intro -- Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1 Exemplarity and the German-Jewish Symbiosis: Hermann Cohen on War and Religion -- 2 Symbol Not Sacrifice: Cohen's Jewish Jesus -- 3 Fire, Rays, and the Dark: Rosenzweig and the Oriental/Occidental Divide -- 4 Redeeming This World: Buber's Judaism and the Sanctity of Immanence -- 5 Prophets, Prophecy, and Divine Wrath: Heschel and the God of Pathos -- 6 Cultivating Objectivity: Soloveitchik, the Marburg School, and Religious Pluralism -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Index.

By reading the canon of Jewish philosophy in this new light, Erlewine offers insight into how Jewish thinkers used religion to assert their individuality and modernity.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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