An Episode of Jewish Romanticism: Franz Rosenzweig's the Star of Redemption »

Examining romanticism in the thought of Jewish philosopher, Franz Rosenzweig, this book compares his magnum opus The Star of Redemption, with Leo Baeck's essay, "Romantic Religion," and Friedrich Schelling's Philosophy of Art, texts representing two distinct and, to a large extent, opposed interpretations of romanticism.. "Rosenzweig's thought was shaped by two intellectual histories: Germany's and Judaism's. Because romanticism had such a definite impact on modern German writing and thought, is becomes a question whether, and to what extent, Rosenzweig, too, was a romantic. Part of the force of the question derives from the tensions sometimes noted between Jewish and romantic worldviews. In this book, author Ernest Rubinstein shows The Star of Redemption to be along the spectrum of ideas that extends between Baeck and Schelling, and thus illustrates a qualified romanticism.

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Seeks traces of pre-Holocaust German romanticism in Rosenzweig's (1886-1929) now classic work of Jewish theology, based on his simultaneous location in the Jewish-religious and German philosophical and literary traditions. Compares it with two other texts: Leo Baech's essay Romantic Religion, and Friedrich Schelling's , and finds to be along the spectrum of ideas extending between them. The treatment was originally a dissertation for Northwestern University; no date is noted. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)