Rethinking the messianic idea in Judaism / edited by Michael L. Morgan and Steven Weitzman.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Morgan, Michael L., 1944- editor.

Weitzman, Steven, 1965- editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Messianic era (Judaism).

Physical Description:

442 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Bloomington, Indiana : Indiana University Press, [2015]

Summary:

"Over the centuries, the messianic tradition has provided the language through which modern Jewish philosophers, socialists, and Zionists envisioned a utopian future. Michael L. Morgan, Steven Weitzman, and an international group of leading scholars ask new questions and provide new ways of thinking about this enduring Jewish idea. Using the writings of Gershom Scholem, which ranged over the history of messianic belief and its conflicted role in the Jewish imagination, these essays put aside the boundaries that divide history from philosophy and religion to offer new perspectives on the role and relevance of messianism today"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Part I Blurred Lines and Open Secrets in Early Jewish Messianism

1 Messianism between Judaism and Christianity / Annette Yoshiko Reed Reed, Annette Yoshiko 23

2 He That Cometh Out: On How to Disclose a Messianic Secret / Steven Weitzman Weitzman, Steven 63

Part II Between Here and Eternity in Medieval Judaism

3 Maimonides and the Idea of a Deflationary Messiah / Kenneth Seeskin Seeskin, Kenneth 93

4 "And the Crooked Shall be Made Straight": Twisted Messianic Visions, and a Maimonidean Corrective / Menachem Kellner Kellner, Menachem 108

5 Seeking the Symmetry of Time: The Messianic Age in Medieval Chronology / Elisheva Carlebach Carlebach, Elisheva 141

Part III Messianism and Ethics in Modern Jewish Thought

6 Messianism and Ethics / Matt Goldish Goldish, Matt 157

7 To Infinity and Beyond: Cohen and Rosenzweig on Comportment toward Redemption / Benjamin Pollock Pollock, Benjamin 174

8 Levinas and Messianism / Michael L. Morgan Morgan, Michael L. 195

Part IV Politics and Anti-politics in Contemporary Jewish Messianism

9 What Zvi Yehudah Kook Wrought: The Theopolitical Radicalization of Religious Zionism / Shai Held Held, Shai 229

10 Messianic Religious Zionism and the Reintroduction of Sacrifice: The Case of the Temple Institute / Motti Inbari Inbari, Motti 256

11 The Muted Messiah: The Aversion to Messianic Forms of Zionism in Modern Orthodox Thought / David Shatz Shatz, David 274

12 The Divine/Human Messiah and Religious Deviance: Rethinking Chabad Messianism / Shaul Magid Magid, Shaul 316

Part V Messianism between Religious and Secular Imagination

13 Isadore Isou's Messianism Awry / Cosana Eram Eram, Cosana 355

14 Arthur A. Cohen's Messianic Fiction / Emily Kopley Kopley, Emily 372

15 Reading Messianically with Gershom Scholem / Martin Kavka Kavka, Martin 404.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0253014743

9780253014696

0253014697

9780253014740

OCLC:

869265396

Publisher Number:

99961349498