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Idolatry and representation : the philosophy of Franz Rosenzweig reconsidered

Author: Leora Faye Batnitzky
Publisher: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, ©2000.
Edition/Format:   Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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"Although Franz Rosenzweig is arguably the most important Jewish philosopher of the twentieth century, his thought remains little understood. Here, Leora Batnitzky argues that Rosenzweig's redirection of German-Jewish ethical monotheism anticipates and challenges contemporary trends in religious studies, ethics, philosophy, anthropology, theology, and biblical studies. This text, which captures the hermeneutical  Read more...
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Named Person: Franz Rosenzweig; Franz Rosenzweig; Franz Rosenzweig; Franz Rosenzweig; Franz Rosenzweig; Franz Rosenzweig
Material Type: Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: Leora Faye Batnitzky
ISBN: 0691048509 9780691048505 9780691144276 0691144273
OCLC Number: 42290484
Description: viii, 281 p. ; 24 cm.
Contents: The eradication of alien worship: Rosenzweig as ethical monotheist --
Miracles and martyrs, ethics and hermeneutics: idolatry from Mendelssohn to Rosenzweig --
The philosophical import of carnal Israel: hermeneutics and the structure of Rosenzweig's The star of redemption --
Risky images: Rosenzweig's aesthetic theory and Jewish uncanniness --
The problem of translation: risking the present for the sake of the past --
Risking religion: Christian idolatry --
Risking politics: Jewish idolatry --
After Israel: Rosenzweig's philosophy of risk reconsidered --
The future of monotheism.
Responsibility: Leora Batnitzky.
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