Humanity divided : Martin Buber and the challenges of being chosen / Manuel D. Oliveira.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Duarte de Oliveira, Manuel, author.

Series:

Studia Judaica (Walter de Gruyter & Co.) ; Bd. 116.

Studia Judaica (Walter de Gruyter & Co.), 0585-5306 ; Band 116

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Buber, Martin, 1878-1965.

Buber, Martin.

Jews--Election, Doctrine of--Biblical teaching.

Jews.

Jews--Election, Doctrine of--Philosophy.

Jewish philosophy.

Jewish philosophers.

Jews--Election, Doctrine of.

Philosophy.

Physical Description:

xxv, 558 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Berlin : De Gruyter, [2021]

Summary:

"Humanity Divided focuses on the multiple challenges associated with the concept of Israel's divine election, especially as reflected in the thought of Martin Buber and other Modern Jewish thinkers such as Franz Rosenzweig, Hermann Cohen, Yeshayahu Leibowitz, David Hartman, Hannah Arendt, and Aviezer Ravitzky. Particular attention is given to the practical application of Israel's chosenness to Jewish nationalism, Zionism, and political Messianism"-- Back cover.

Contents:

Part One: Rabbinic and Biblical background. From Divine Election to self-deification

Biblical background : 'particularism' vs. 'universalism,' or exemplary uniqueness?

Revelation to Moses at Sinai : Exodus 3-115

Israel at Sinai

The Book of Deuteronomy

Part Two: The modern period. Foundations of a Völkisch movement

Passion for land and volk : the threat of neo-romanticism

Ecclesia Triumphans and the silent servant

The Jewish task in world history

Towards the end: a center without a center.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [476]-511) and index.

ISBN:

9783110740745

3110740745

OCLC:

1243968194