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Paradox and the prophets : Hermann Cohen and the indirect communication of religion / Daniel H. Weiss.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Weiss, Daniel H.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Religion--Philosophy.
- Religion.
- Jewish philosophy.
- Cohen, Hermann, 1842-1918.
- Cohen, Hermann.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (350 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, c2012.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Through philosophical and scriptural analyses, Weiss argues for a new reading of this long-misunderstood book, demonstrating Cohen's continuing significance for Jewish thought and for philosophy of religion more broadly.
- Contents:
- Hermann Cohen's the style of the Prophets
- The sources of multiplicity: Cohen's project in its own terms
- Resisting Auflosung: a single-voiced attempt
- Making Cohen's style explicit: a Kierkegaardian interlude
- Communicating through contradiction: Cohen's performance of religious concepts
- The task, the moment, and the messianic future.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Description based on print version record.
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
- ISBN:
- 1-280-88168-2
- 9786613722997
- 0-19-989616-X
- OCLC:
- 799144294
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