Judaism and the West - From Hermann Cohen to Joseph Soloveitchik

Informationen zum Autor Robert Erlewine Klappentext 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis 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 the Religious Pluralism Conclusion Notes Index

Product details

• Authors: Robert Erlewine
• Publisher: Indiana University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.08.2016
• EAN: 9780253022257
• ISBN: 978-0-253-02225-7
• No. of pages: 242
• Series: New Jewish Philosophy and Thought; New Jewish Philosophy and Thou
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > Miscellaneous; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Miscellaneous