Holy Russia, sacred Israel : Jewish-Christian encounters in Russian religious thought / / Dominic Rubin

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910476783803321
• Autore: Rubin Dominic <1972->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Boston, Massachusetts : , : Academic Studies Press, , [2010]; ©2010
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (558 pages)
• Disciplina: 296.0947
• Soggetti: Judaism - Russia - History; Judaism - Soviet Union - History; Russia Religion
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (pages [527]-546) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Soloviev's Judeo-Russian wisdom -- Bulgakov and the sacred blood of Jewry -- N. Berdyaev, M. Gershenzon, and L. Shestov : Jewish and Russian nihilists of the spirit -- Vasily Rozanov (and Pavel Florensky) -- L. Karsavin and A. Steinberg : Russia and Israel symphonically interwined -- Semyon Frank : from Russkiy yevrei to Russkiy yevropeetz -- Conclusion : Soloviev's heirs : the third generation.
• Sommario/riassunto: "Holy Russia, Sacred Israel examines how Russian religious thinkers, both Jewishand Christian, conceived of Judaism, Jewry and the 'Old Testament' philosophically, theologically, and personally at a time when the Messianic element in Russian consciousness was being stimulated by events ranging from the pogroms of the 1880s through two Revolutions and World Wars to exile in Western Europe. An attempt is made to locate the boundaries between the Jewish and Christian, Russian and Western, Gnostic-pagan and Orthodox elements in Russian thought in this period. The author reflects personally on how the heritage of these thinkers, little analyzed or translated in the West, can help Orthodox (and other) Christians respond to Judaism (including "Messianic Judaism"), Zionism, and Christian antisemitism today".