Franz Rosenzweig's "The New Thinking"

by Alan Udoff, Barbara E. Galli

Overview

Here, for the first time, faithfully translated in their entirety, are the principal texts for which Franz Rosenzweig initiated the project that would become The Star of Redemption.

Included in the volume are Rosenzweig's essay, "The New Thinking;" four important reviews of The Star of Redemption, and his 1917 letter to Rudolf Ehrenberg, the "germcell" of The Star.

Barbara E. Galli 's own essay touches on the basic concepts of Rosenzweig's work, while pointing to and going beyond his scholarship. Alan Udoff's provocative closing essay situates Rosenzweig's thought in the context of modem and postmodern philosophical concerns and suggests a new direction in assessing the philosopher's theological accomplishment.

This volume is a perfect guide for students of the great philosopher and for a broader general audience

seeking an introduction to Rosenzwieg's ideas.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780815627845
Publisher:	Syracuse University Press
Publication date:	04/01/1999
Series:	Library of Jewish Philosophy
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	242
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.25(h) x 0.55(d)

About the Author

Franz Rosenzweig (1886-1929), one of the most significant philosophers and religious thinkers of the twentieth century, collaborated with Martin Buber on a new German translation of the Bible. Alan Udoff is the Louis K. Kaplan Professor of Philosophy at Baltimore Hebrew University. Barbara E. Galli is presently the Aaron Aaronov Chair of Judaic Studies at the University of Alabama.

Table of Contents

	Acknowledgments	vii
1.	"The New Thinking": An Introduction	1
Part 1	Framing The Star of Redemption
2.	"Germ Cell" of The Star of Redemption	45
3.	"The New Thinking": A Few Supplementary Remarks to The Star [of Redemption]	67
Part 2	The Star of Redemption in Review
4.	The Exodus from Philosophy	105
5.	New Philosophy	112
6.	The Star of Redemption	121
7.	The Star of Redemption	124
8.	Franz Rosenzweig: The Star of Redemption (A Review)	133
Part 3	Epilogue
9.	Retracing the Steps of Franz Rosenzweig	153
	Notes	177
	Index	215

Editorial Reviews

Rosensweig (1886-1929), who collaborated with Martin Buber on a new German translation of the Bible, wrote "The New Thinking" as a supplementary guide to (1921). Udoff (philosophy, Baltimore Hebrew U.) and Galli (Judaic Studies, U. of Alabama) present for the first time in translation this essay, a letter and reviews treating the , and situate Rosensweig's new Jewish thought and the renewed interest in it in the modern/postmodern philosophical spectra. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknew.com)

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