LEADER 03447nam 2200553Ia 450 001 9910824428603321 005 20240417033207.0 010 $a0-7914-7870-X 010 $a1-4356-4123-X 035 $a(CKB)1000000000485959 035 $a(OCoLC)225151362 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10575765 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000110668 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11137844 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000110668 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10063699 035 $a(PQKB)10018537 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3407339 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse13863 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3407339 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10575765 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000485959 100 $a20070426d2008 ub 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aBetween Athens and Jerusalem$b[electronic resource] $ephilosophy, prophecy, and politics in Leo Strauss's early thought /$fDavid Janssens 210 $aAlbany $cState University of New York Press$dc2008 215 $a1 online resource (274 p.) 225 1 $aSUNY series in the thought and legacy of Leo Strauss 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a0-7914-7391-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 241-249) and index. 327 $aIntro -- Between Athens and Jerusalem -- Contents -- Abbreviations -- Leo Strauss's Early Years: Chronology of Major Events and Writings(1899-1937) -- Introduction -- 1. "In the Grip of theTheological-Political Predicament" -- The Theological-Political Problem and the Jewish Question -- Back to Reality: Emancipation, Assimilation, and Zionism -- "God and Politics" -- Biblical Politics, Biblical Science, and the New Theology -- Quaestio Iuris: The Legacy of Spinoza -- 2. The Shadow of Spinoza -- "A Humanly Incomprehensible Betrayal" -- Before the Tribunal:Biblical Science and the Critique of Religion -- Spinoza's Twofold Strategy -- Maimonides: The Limits of Reason and the Interest in Revelation -- Calvin: "Like Clay in the Potter's Hand" -- Happiness and Ridicule: The Epicurean Connection -- Farewell to Spinoza -- 3. The Second Cave -- The Crisis of the Enlightenment:Jacobi, Mendelssohn, and the Pantheism Controversy -- Atheism, Intellectual Probity, and the Love of Truth -- The Socratic Question and the Fate of Philosophy -- 4. The Order of Human Things -- Medieval Enlightenment: Nomos and Platonic Politics -- Between the Lines: The Art of Writing -- "A Horizon Beyond Liberalism":The Debate with Carl Schmitt -- 5. Socrates and the Leviathan -- Hobbes's Motive -- "The Right Order of Society" -- Fighting the Kingdom of Darkness -- 6. Epilogue -- The Surface and the Core -- The Problem of Socrates -- Machiavelli's Oblivion -- From Jerusalem to Athens (and Back) -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X -- Z. 330 $aExamines the early works of German-Jewish philosopher Leo Strauss (1899-1973). 410 0$aSUNY series in the thought and legacy of Leo Strauss. 606 $aPhilosophy 615 0$aPhilosophy. 676 $a181/.06 700 $aJanssens$b David$f1971-$01645637 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910824428603321 996 $aBetween Athens and Jerusalem$93992218 997 $aUNINA