1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910454941203321

Titolo

Emil L. Fackenheim [[electronic resource] ] : philosopher, theologian, Jew / / edited by Sharon Portnoff, James A. Diamond, and Martin D. Yaffe ; with a foreword by Elie Wiesel

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Leiden ; ; Boston, : Brill, 2008

ISBN

1-282-39703-6

9786612397035

90-474-2934-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (360 p.)

Collana

Supplements to the journal of Jewish thought and philosophy ; ; v. 5

Altri autori (Persone)

PortnoffSharon

DiamondJames Arthur

YaffeMartin D

Disciplina

18/.06

Soggetti

Jewish philosophers

Jewish philosophy

Philosophy, Modern - 20th century

Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) - Influence

Judaism and philosophy

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical (p. [323]-330) and references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Preliminary Material / M. Yaffe , Sharon Portnoff and J. Diamond -- Introductory remarks / Sharon Portnoff -- Fackenheim in the fifties / John Burbidge -- Between Halle and Jerusalem / Michael Oppenheim -- Fackenheim’s hermeneutical circle / Michael L. Morgan -- Thought going to school with life? Fackenheim’s last philosophical testament / Benjamin Pollock -- Fackenheim’s paradoxical 614th commandment: Some personal reflections / Martin J. Plax -- Historicism and revelation in Emil Fackenheim’s self-distancing from Leo Strauss / Martin D. Yaffe -- Leo Strauss’s challenge to Emil Fackenheim: Heidegger, radical historicism, and diabolical evil / Kenneth Hart Green -- Fackenheim’s hegelian return to contingency / Sharon Portnoff -- Judaism and the tragic vision: Emil Fackenheim on the problem of dirty hands / Sam



Ajzenstat -- A time for Emil Fackenheim, a time for Baruch Spinoza / Heidi Morrison Ravven -- Rabbi Fackenheim and philosophical encounter with Elijah’s wager / James A. Diamond -- Tikkun in Fackenheim’s leben-denken as a trace of lurianic Kabbalah / Aubrey L. Glazer -- In search of a meaningful response to the Holocaust: Reflections on Fackenheim’s 614th commandment / Lionel Rubinoff -- Emil Fackenheim and the levitical order of thinking / Michael Kigel -- Bibliography / M. Yaffe , Sharon Portnoff and J. Diamond -- Contributors / M. Yaffe , Sharon Portnoff and J. Diamond -- Index / M. Yaffe , Sharon Portnoff and J. Diamond.

Sommario/riassunto

Emil L. Fackenheim: Philosopher, Theologian, Jew is a scholarly tribute to Fackenheim’s memory. Fackenheim’s combination of erudition and generosity served to inspire a lifetime of philosophical inquiry, and a number of his students are represented in this volume. The volume, in order to provide a forum through which to introduce his thought to a broader audience, covers a wide spectrum of Fackenheim’s work including biographical, philosophical, and theological aspects of his thought that have not been addressed adequately in the past. Elie Wiesel, a close personal friend to Fackenheim for over 30 years, has provided the Foreword for the volume.