Judaism despite Christianity : the 1916 wartime correspondence between Eugen Rosenstock-Huessy and Franz Rosenzweig / edited by Eugen Rosenstock-Huessy ; with a new foreword by Paul Mendes-Flohr, a new preface by Harold Stahmer, and a new chronology by Michael Gormann-Thelen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rosenstock-Huessy, Eugen, 1888-1973.

Contributor:

Rosenstock-Huessy, Eugen, 1888-1973.

Rosenzweig, Franz, 1886-1929.

Mendes-Flohr, Paul R.

Stahmer, Harold.

Gormann-Thelen, Michael.

Gormann-Thelen, Funder.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Rosenstock-Huessy, Eugen, 1888-1973--Correspondence.

Rosenzweig, Franz, 1886-1929--Correspondence.

Judaism--Relations--Christianity.

Christianity and other religions--Judaism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (230 p.)

Place of Publication:

Chicago ; London : University of Chicago Press, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Before they were both internationally renowned philosophers, Eugen Rosenstock-Huessy and Franz Rosenzweig were young German soldiers fighting in World War I corresponding by letter and forming the foundation of their deep intellectual friendship. Collected here, this correspondence provides an intimate portrait of their views on history, philosophy, rhetoric, and religion as well as on their writings and professors. Most centrally, Rosenstock-Huessy and Rosenzweig discuss, frankly but respectfully, the differences between Judaism and Chiristianity and the reasons they have chosen their respective faiths. This edition includes a new foreword by Paul Mendes-Flohr, a new preface by Harold Stahmer along with his original introduction, and essays by Dorothy Emmet and Alexander Altmann, who calls this correspondence "one of the most important religious documents of our age" and "the most perfect example of a human approach to the Jewish-Christian problem."

Contents:

About the correspondence : essays by Alexander Altmann and Dorothy M. Emmet

Prologue/epilogue to the letters

Years later

The dialogue on Christianity and Judaism

The epilogue

Hitler and Israel, or On prayer.

Notes:

Originally published: University, Ala. : University of Alabama Press, 1969.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786613250377

9781283250375

1283250373

9780226728025

0226728021

OCLC:

748242147