Modern Jewish thinkers : from Mendelssohn to Rosenzweig / Gershon Greenberg.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Greenberg, Gershon.

Series:

Emunot

Emunot : Jewish philosophy and Kabbalah

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jewish philosophy.

Physical Description:

496 pages ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Brighton, MA : Academic Studies Press, [2011]

Summary:

By making available English translations of writings of major Jewish thinkers from the 18th through 20th centuries for the first time, Greenberg (philosophy and religion, American U., Washington, DC) may change English speakers' views of them. Following an introduction to the Jewish Emancipation and its effects on European Jewish thought concerning the relationship between Torah/faith and reason/philosophy, he groups thinkers by the categories of: dialectical truth (e.g., Mendelssohn, Reggio); intellection and developing consciousness (Maimon, Formstecher, Hirsch); revelation (Rosensweig); history (Ascher, Einhorn, Graetz); and universal morality (Salanter, Shadal, Buber). The author discusses how Maimonides is now used to defend conflicting positions. The volume includes a glossary of translated German terms and individual introductions to, and summaries of, translated passages. Annotation ©2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Contents:

The dialectical truth

Intellection and developing consciousness

Heteronomous revelation

History

Universal morality

Through the twentieth century.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1936235463

9781936235315

1936235315

9781936235469

OCLC:

664325812

Publisher Number:

99943810788