Daniel H Weiss

Paradox and the Prophets

Hermann Cohen and the Indirect Communication of Religion

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Weiss examines the style and method of Hermann Cohen's magnum opus, Religion of Reason out of the Sources of Judaism. Through philosophical and scriptural analyses, Weiss argues for a new reading of this long-misunderstood book, demonstrating Cohen's continuing significance for Jewish thought and for philosophy of religion more broadly.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Sydney University Press
• Seitenzahl: 352
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. Juni 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 236mm x 160mm x 33mm
• Gewicht: 599g
• ISBN-13: 9780199895908
• ISBN-10: 0199895902
• Artikelnr.: 34553053

Autorenporträt

Polonsky-Coexist Lecturer in Jewish Studies, Cambridge University

Inhaltsangabe

* Abbreviations
* Introduction
* A Note on Terminology: Warding off some common connotations
* Chapter 1: Hermann Cohen's''The Style of the Prophets''
* Chapter 2: The Sources of Multiplicity: Cohen's Project in its Own
Terms
* Chapter 3: Resisting Auflösung: A Single-voiced Attempt
* Chapter 4: Making Cohen's Style Explicit: A Kierkegaardian Interlude
* Chapter 5: Communicating through Contradiction: Cohen's Performance
of Religious Concepts
* Chapter 6: The Task, the Moment, and the Messianic Future
* Conclusion
* Bibliography