Oppenheim, Michael D., 1946-

Encounters of consequence Jewish philosophy in the twentieth century and beyond / [electronic resource] : By Michael Oppenheim. - Boston : Academic Studies Press, 2009. - 1 online resource (xviii, 408 p.) - Judaism and Jewish life . - Judaism and Jewish life. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Some underlying issues of modern Jewish philosophy -- Does Judaism have universal significance? -- Death and the fear of death in Franz Rosenzweig's The star of redemption -- The Halevi book -- Into life : Rosenzweig's essays on God, man and the world -- The meaning of Hasidism : Martin Buber and Gershom Scholem -- Autobiography and the becoming of the self : Martin Buber and Joseph Campbell -- Franz Rosenzweig and Emmanuel Levinas : a midrash or thought-experiment -- Welcoming the other : the philosophical foundation for pluralism in the works of Charles Davis and Emmanuel Levinas -- Joseph B. Soloveitchik and Soren Kierkegaard : reflections on The lonely man of faith -- Eliezer Schweid : the first Israeli philosopher -- Can we still stay with him? : two Jewish theologians confront the Holocaust (Emil Fackenheim and Arthur Cohen) -- Theology and community : the work of Emil Fackenheim -- Irving Greenberg : a Jewish dialectic of hope -- Feminist Jewish philosophy : a response.

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Jewish philosophy--History--20th century.
Jewish philosophers--History--20th century.
Philosophy, Modern--20th century.
PHILOSOPHY / Eastern


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