The star of redemption / Franz Rosenzweig ; in translation by Barbara E. Galli.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rosenzweig, Franz, 1886-1929.

Contributor:

Galli, Barbara E. (Barbara Ellen), 1949-

Series:

Modern Jewish philosophy and religion. Translations and critical studies

Standardized Title:

Stern der Erlösung. English

Language:

English

German

Subjects (All):

Judaism.

Cosmology.

Religion--Philosophy.

Religion.

Jewish philosophy.

Physical Description:

xx, 459 pages ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Madison, Wis. : University of Wisconsin Press, [2005]

Summary:

The Star of Redemption is hailed as one of the most important books of the twentieth century. Fusing philosophy and theology, the book assigns both Judaism and Christianity distinct but equally important roles in the spiritual structure of the world, and finds in both biblical religions approaches toward a comprehension of reality.

But reading The Star can be almost as daunting as it is important. At the request of countless students and scholars, Barbara Galli, one of the leading Rosenzweig scholars and translators, provides an accessible, readable, and modern English translation-a new translation for the twenty-first century.

Reading this magnum opus is like listening to a great symphony for the first time. Its major themes and motifs-the birth, life, and immortality of the soul; death and the fear of death; Eastern philosophies and Jewish mysticism; the relationship between God, World, and Humanity over time and in reality; and revelation as the real biblical miracle of faith and path to redemption-resonate more meaningfully each time the reader encounters them. Taken together these themes and motifs represent what Rosenzweig called "the new thinking"; the work ensconces common sense in the place of abstract, conceptual philosophizing and posits the validity of the concrete, individual human being over that of "humanity" in general.

Contents:

God and his being or metaphysics

The world and its meaning or metalogic

Man and his self or metaethics

Creation or the everlasting foundation of things

Revelation or the ever renewed birth of the soul

Redemption or the eternal future of the kingdom

On the possibility of obtaining the kingdom by prayer

The fire or eternal life

The rays or the eternal way

The star or eternal truth.

Notes:

Includes index.

ISBN:

029920720X

0299207242

OCLC:

55887572