Rosenzweig's Bible : reinventing Scripture for Jewish modernity /
Benjamin, Mara H., 1972-
Rosenzweig's Bible : reinventing Scripture for Jewish modernity / Mara H. Benjamin. - Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2009. - 1 online resource (xi, 209 pages)
Includes bibliographical references (pages 185-197) and index.
Introduction: the decline and renewal of Scripture -- Scripture in The star of redemption -- Yehudah Halevi: the creation of a scriptural world -- Bible translation and the shaping of German identity -- Toward a new encounter with the Bible -- Conclusion: Scripture today: some considerations.
Rosenzweig's Bible examines the high stakes, both theological and political, of Franz Rosenzweig's attempt to revivify the Hebrew Bible and use it as the basis for a Jewish textual identity. Mara Benjamin's innovative reading of The Star of Redemption places Rosenzweig's best-known work at the beginning of an intellectual trajectory that culminated in a monumental translation of the Bible, thus overturning fundamental assumptions that have long guided the appraisal of this titan of modern Jewish thought. She argues that Rosenzweig's response to modernity was paradoxical: he challenged his readers to encounter the biblical text as revelation, reinventing scripture - both the Bible itself and the very notion of a scriptural text - in order to invigorate Jewish intellectual and social life, but did so in a distinctly modern key, ultimately reinforcing the foundations of German-Jewish post-Enlightenment liberal thought. Rosenzweig's Bible illuminates the complex interactions that arise when modern readers engage the sacred texts of ancient religious traditions.
English.
052189526X 9780521895262 9780511508646 0511508646 9780511576416 0511576412 1107201470 9781107201477 9786612058769 6612058765 0511505159 9780511505157 0511509308 9780511509308 0511507291 9780511507298
9786612058769
205876 MIL
GBA906365 bnb
014883738 Uk
Rosenzweig, Franz, 1886-1929
Rosenzweig, Franz, 1886-1929
Rosenzweig, Franz.
Bible. German --Old Testament.--Versions--Buber-Rosenzweig.
Bible.--Old Testament--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Jewish--History--20th century.
Bible. Germany --Old Testament--Translating.--History--20th century.
Bible.--Ancien Testament--Critique, interprétation, etc. juives--Histoire--20e siècle.
Bible.--Old Testament
Bibel--Altes Testament
1900-1999
Judaism--History--Germany--20th century.
Revelation--Judaism.
Révélation--Judaïsme.
RELIGION--Judaism--Sacred Writings.
RELIGION--Biblical Studies--Old Testament.
Ethnic relations
Judaism
Revelation--Judaism
Judentum
Identität
Oude Testament.
Der Stern der Erlösung (Rosenzweig)
Germany--Ethnic relations.
Germany
Deutschland
History
BS941 / .B46 2009
221.5/31
Rosenzweig's Bible : reinventing Scripture for Jewish modernity / Mara H. Benjamin. - Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2009. - 1 online resource (xi, 209 pages)
Includes bibliographical references (pages 185-197) and index.
Introduction: the decline and renewal of Scripture -- Scripture in The star of redemption -- Yehudah Halevi: the creation of a scriptural world -- Bible translation and the shaping of German identity -- Toward a new encounter with the Bible -- Conclusion: Scripture today: some considerations.
Rosenzweig's Bible examines the high stakes, both theological and political, of Franz Rosenzweig's attempt to revivify the Hebrew Bible and use it as the basis for a Jewish textual identity. Mara Benjamin's innovative reading of The Star of Redemption places Rosenzweig's best-known work at the beginning of an intellectual trajectory that culminated in a monumental translation of the Bible, thus overturning fundamental assumptions that have long guided the appraisal of this titan of modern Jewish thought. She argues that Rosenzweig's response to modernity was paradoxical: he challenged his readers to encounter the biblical text as revelation, reinventing scripture - both the Bible itself and the very notion of a scriptural text - in order to invigorate Jewish intellectual and social life, but did so in a distinctly modern key, ultimately reinforcing the foundations of German-Jewish post-Enlightenment liberal thought. Rosenzweig's Bible illuminates the complex interactions that arise when modern readers engage the sacred texts of ancient religious traditions.
English.
052189526X 9780521895262 9780511508646 0511508646 9780511576416 0511576412 1107201470 9781107201477 9786612058769 6612058765 0511505159 9780511505157 0511509308 9780511509308 0511507291 9780511507298
9786612058769
205876 MIL
GBA906365 bnb
014883738 Uk
Rosenzweig, Franz, 1886-1929
Rosenzweig, Franz, 1886-1929
Rosenzweig, Franz.
Bible. German --Old Testament.--Versions--Buber-Rosenzweig.
Bible.--Old Testament--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Jewish--History--20th century.
Bible. Germany --Old Testament--Translating.--History--20th century.
Bible.--Ancien Testament--Critique, interprétation, etc. juives--Histoire--20e siècle.
Bible.--Old Testament
Bibel--Altes Testament
1900-1999
Judaism--History--Germany--20th century.
Revelation--Judaism.
Révélation--Judaïsme.
RELIGION--Judaism--Sacred Writings.
RELIGION--Biblical Studies--Old Testament.
Ethnic relations
Judaism
Revelation--Judaism
Judentum
Identität
Oude Testament.
Der Stern der Erlösung (Rosenzweig)
Germany--Ethnic relations.
Germany
Deutschland
History
BS941 / .B46 2009
221.5/31