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Philosophy and Jewish Thought : Theoretical Intersections /

The relationship between philosophy and Jewish thought has often been a matter of lively discussion. But despite its long tradition and the variety of positions that have been taken in it, the debate is far from being closed and keeps meeting new challenges. So far, research on this topic has mostly...

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Other Authors: Fortis, Beniamino (Contributor, Editor), Giuliani, Massimo (Contributor), Pollock, Benjamin (Contributor), Richter, Silvia (Contributor), Rinner, Ellen (Contributor, Editor), Schmidt, Christoph (Contributor), Schmidt, Mario Cosimo (Contributor), Tittmar, Lars (Contributor, Editor), Zank, Michael (Contributor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Language Notes:In English.
Published: Bielefeld : transcript Verlag, [2025]
Subjects:
Enlightenment.
Ethics.
Jewish Studies.
Jewish Thought.
Judaism.
Reason.
Religion.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Jewish Studies.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • The Legitimacy of Jewish Modernity: Gershom Scholem's Critique and Reconstruction of Jewish Enlightenment and Science of Judaism from the Spirit of Mystical Gnosticism
  • Thinking within the Lehrhaus Collective: Franz Rosenzweig on Jewish Thought and the Everyday
  • The Tail or the String of the Kite? Hans-Georg Gadamer, Steven S. Schwarzschild, and Jewish Hermeneutics
  • Idolatry and Freedom: Erich Fromm's View
  • Standstill in Utopia: Walter Benjamin's Philosophy of History and the Ban on Images
  • The Approach of an Inverse Theology: A Commentary on the Aesthetic Dimension of the Jewish Prohibition of Idolatry, particularly in Adorno's and Benjamin's Philosophical Thinking
  • "A Singular Dossier of the Undiscovered": Intersections between Hans Blumenberg and Aby Warburg
  • "One Ought to Pray, Day and Night, for the Thousands": Etty Hillesum's Approach to Prayer and Hasidic Thought
  • Literary Aspects of Philosophical Writing: The Case of Maimonides' Guide of the Perplexed
  • Authors