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Informationen zum Autor Sharon Portnoff is an assistant professor in the Department of Religious Studies at Connecticut College. Klappentext Can contemporary religion, and particularly Judaism, exist without being informed by history? This question was debated in 1940s New York by two German refugees who later rose to prominence — Leo Strauss, one of the twentieth century's most significant political philosophers, and Emil L. Fackenheim, an important post-Holocaust Jewish theologian. There has been little consensus, however, on the definitive meaning of their work. Reason and Revelation before Historicism, the first full-length comparison of Strauss and Fackenheim,places the informal teacher and student in conversation alongside sections of their analyses of notable thinkers. Sharon Portnoff suggests that both saw historicism as the nexus of the intersection and tension between philosophy and religion and raised the possibility of the persistence of the permanent in the modern world. Portnoff illuminates our understanding of Strauss's relationship with Judaism, Fackenheim's oft-overshadowed great philosophical depth, and the function and character of Jewish thought in a secular, post-Holocaust world. Zusammenfassung Reason and Revelation before Historicism, the first full-length comparison of Strauss and Fackenheim,places the informal teacher and student in conversation alongside sections of their analyses of notable thinkers. Inhaltsverzeichnis CHAPTER 1 BACKGROUND AND INTRODUCTION Part I: Review of Literature Introduction Part II General Background Why is There a Tension Between Philosophy and Revelatory Theology? The Tension Between Philosophy and Revelatory Theologyin Modern Western ThoughtStrauss and Fackenheim on the Tension between Philosophy and Revelatory Theology in Modern Western ThoughtThe Tension Between Philosophy and Revelation in Jewish PhilosophyThe Dead End of Resolving the TensionStrauss and Fackenheim: Two Options to Restore Reason and Revelation Part III: Development of Argument in Chapter FormOverview in Chapter FormStrauss and Fackenheim: A Note on Methodology CHAPTER 2 STRAUSS' FORMULATION OF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN REASON AND REVELATION IN MODERN THOUGHT AND HIS REJECTION OF A PRACTICAL SYNTHESIS Part I: Strauss on Western Philosophy Introduction Strauss on the Ancient Philosophers Strauss on MachiavelliStrauss on Hobbes Strauss on Heidegger Part II: Strauss on Jewish Philosophy Strauss on the BibleStrauss on SpinozaStrauss on CohenStrauss on RosenzweigConclusion CHAPTER 3 FACKENHEIM'S FORMULATION OF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PHILOSOPHY AND REVELATORY THEOLOGY IN MODERN THOUGHT Part I Fackenheim on Western Philosophy IntroductionFackenheim on KantFackenheim on HegelFackenheim on SchellingFackenheim on Heidegger Part II Fackenheim on Jewish Philosophy Fackenheim on the BibleFackenheim on SpinozaFackenheim on RosenzweigFackenheim on Buber Part III Fackenheim’s Synthesis Fackenheim’s Synthesis of Revelatory Religion and Philosophy CHAPTER 4 THE PROBLEM OF HISTORICISM IntroductionThe Necessity of “Openness” In Philosophic and/or Religious ThoughtThe Problem of Historicism: Strauss’ Return to Natural RightThe Problem of Historicism: Fackenheim the Philosopher's Return to HistoryThe Problem of Historicism: Fackenheim the Theologian's Return to HistoryConclusion CHAPTER 5 REASON AND REVELATION: JEWISH THOUGHT AFTER STRAUSS AND FACKENHEIM Introduction Strauss: Jerusalem and Athens Fackenheim's Rejection of the Return to Greek ThoughtResults from Beginning with and Fackenheim’s PositionThe Present Writer's Position BIBLIOGRAPHY ...
