Thinking in Translation: Scripture and Redemption in the Thought of Franz Rosenzweig

Orr Scharf

Published by De Gruyter 2019

Thinking in Translation

Scripture and Redemption in the Thought of Franz Rosenzweig

Orr Scharf

Volume 94 in the series Studia Judaica

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110476897

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About this book

Thinking in Translation posits the Hebrew Bible as the fulcrum of the thought of Franz Rosenzweig (1886-1929), underpinning a unique synthesis between systematic thinking and biblical interpretation. Addressing a lacuna in Rosenzweig scholarship, the book offers a critical evaluation of his engagement with the Bible through a comparative study of The Star of Redemption and his Bible translation with Martin Buber. The book opens with Rosenzweig's rejection of German Idealism and fascination with the sources of Judaism. It then analyzes the unique hermeneutic approach he developed to philosophy and scripture as a symbiosis of critique and cross-fertilization, facilitated by translation. An analysis of the Star exposes Rosenzweig's employment of translation in grafting biblical verses unto the philosophical discussion. It is followed by a reading that demonstrates how his Bible translation reflects an attempt to re-valorize the Tanakh as a distinctively Jewish scripture, over and against Christian appropriations. Thinking in Translation recasts Rosenzweig's life's work as a project of melding Judaism and modernity in an attempt to secure their spiritual and intellectual survival.

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Orr Scharf, The University of Haifa, Israel.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	I
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	VII
Abbreviations Publicly Available Download PDF	IX
List of Tables Publicly Available Download PDF	XI
Acknowledgments Publicly Available Download PDF	XIII
Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Chapter 1: Redemption through Philosophy? Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	8
Chapter 2: Between Intellectual Homelands (1): Germanic Revolution Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	31
Chapter 3: Between Intellectual Homelands (2): Hebraic Redemption Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	50
Chapter 4: “Eternal Life in Our Midst”: Bible, Translation and the Bridge between Transcendence and Immanence Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	75
Chapter 5: Im Angesicht Gottes bewährt: From Truth to the Divine Face Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	107
Chapter 6: Redemption through Translation: Die Schrift as the Culmination of Rosenzweig’s Quest Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	133
Conclusion Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	167
Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	171
Index of References Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	189
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(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: De Gruyter
Audience: Students and scholars of German Idealism, Jewish Philosophy, Modern Intellectual History, Translation Studies
Pages
- Front matter: 16
- Main content: 196
Keywords: Jewish Studies; German Idealism; Intellectual History; Biblical Criticism

eBook

Published: August 19, 2019
ISBN: 9783110476897

Hardcover

Published: August 19, 2019
ISBN: 9783110475166

Paperback

Published: September 20, 2021
ISBN: 9783110764154