Books
The Star of Redemption
–
Franz Rosenzweig. The Star of Redemption. Translated by Barbara E. Galli. Madison, WI: University of Wisconsin Press, 2005.
Overview: – The Star of Redemption is essential reading for anyone interested in understanding religion and philosophy in the twentieth century. Fusing philosophy and theology, the book assigns both Judaism and Christianity distinct but equally… More
“Innerlich bleibt die Welt eine”: ausgewählte Texte zum Islam.
–
Franz Rosenzweig. “Innerlich bleibt die Welt eine”: ausgewählte Texte zum Islam. Gesine Palmer and Yossef Schwartz, editors. Berlin: Philo, 2003.
Die “Gritli”- Briefe
– Franz Rosenzweig. Die “Gritli”- Briefe. Briefe an Margrit Rosenstock-Huessy. Edited by Inken Rühle and Reinhold Mayer, with a preface by Rafael Rosenzweig. Tübingen: Bilam Verlag, 2002.Overview: – The Eugen Rosenstock-Huessy Fund commissioned the preparation of Franz Rosenzweig’s correspondence with Margrit Rosenstock-Huessy. This is the only source of the complete surviving correspondence in unabridged form, drawn directly… More
Cultural Writings of Franz Rosenzweig
–
Cultural Writings of Franz Rosenzweig. Edited and Translated by Barbara E. Galli. Syracuse, NY: Syracuse University Press, 2000.
Overview: – A rare collection of Rosenzweig’s influential work on literary figures, publishers, and music, including Viktor von Weizsacker’s 1930 essay. Published here in English for the first time, these essays offer a glimpse into the… More
Philosophical and Theological Writings
–
Franz Rosenzweig. Philosophical and Theological Writings. Translated and Edited, with Notes and Commentary, by Paul W. Franks and Michael L. Morgan. Indianapolis: Hackett, Publishing, 2000.
Overview: – This volume brings together Rosenzweig’s central essays on theology and philosophy, including two works available for the first time in English: the conclusion to Rosenzweig’s book Hegel and the State, and Rosenweig’s… More
God, Man, and the World: Lectures and Essays.
–
Franz Rosenzweig. God, Man, and the World: Lectures and Essays. Edited and Translated by Barbara E. Galli. Syracuse, NY: Syracuse University Press, 1998.
Overview: – Based on the author’s lectures at the Judisches Freies Lehrhaus, these essays include notes for a group of lectures of 1920, Faith and Knowledge, followed by a three-part lecture series of 1922, The Science of God, The Science of… More
Franz Rosenzweig: His Life and Thought.
–
Franz Rosenzweig: His Life and Thought. Presented by Nahum Glatzer, with a new forward by Paul Mendes-Flohr. Indianapolis: Hackett Publishing, 1998.
Overview: – Nahum Glatzer has brought both the life and the thought together in this marvellous collection — there is no better introduction to this seminal Jewish thinker.
Der Stern der Erlösung
–
Franz Rosenzweig. Der Stern der Erlösung. Frankfurt am Main: Suhrkamp, 1996, 1988.
Overview: – Rosenzweig understands The Star of Redemption as his contribution to the “new thinking,” and the book does polemicize against those systems of German Idealism in which Rosenzweig finds the “old thinking” to be most fully… More
Der Mensch und sein Werk IV. Sprachdenken im Übersetzen.
– Franz Rosenzweig. Der Mensch und sein Werk IV. Sprachdenken im Übersetzen. 1. Band: Jehuda Halevi. Fünfundneunzig Hymnen und Gedichte. Edited by Rafael N. Rosenzweig. Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, 1983. 2.Band: Arbeitspapiere zur Verdeutschung der Schrift. Edited by Rachel Bat Adam. Dordrecht: Martinus Nijhoff, 1984.Der Mensch und sein Werk. Gesammelte Schriften III. Zweistromland. Kleinere Schriften zu Glauben und Denken.
–
Franz Rosenzweig. Der Mensch und sein Werk. Gesammelte Schriften III. Zweistromland. Kleinere Schriften zu Glauben und Denken. Edited by Reinhold and Annemarie Mayer. Dordrecht: Martinus Nijhoff, 1984.
Commentary
[in chronological order]
Rosenzweig’s Bible: Reinventing Scripture for Jewish Modernity.
–
Benjamin Mara H. Rosenzweig's Bible: Reinventing Scripture for Jewish Modernity. Cambridge/New York: Cambridge University Press, 2009.
Overview: – 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… More
Franz Rosenzweig and the Systematic Task of Philosophy
–
Pollock, Benjamin. Franz Rosenzweig and the Systematic Task of Philosophy. Cambridge/New York: Cambridge University Press, 2009.
Overview: – Benjamin Pollock argues that Franz Rosenzweig’s The Star of Redemption is devoted to a singularly ambitious philosophical task: grasping “the All” – the whole of what is – in the form of a system. In asserting… More
Jewish Philosophy as a Guide to Life: Rosenzweig, Buber, Levinas, Wittgenstein.
–
Putnam, Hilary. Jewish Philosophy as a Guide to Life: Rosenzweig, Buber, Levinas, Wittgenstein. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 2008.
Overview: – Distinguished philosopher Hilary Putnam, who is also a practicing Jew, questions the thought of three major Jewish philosophers of the 20th century—Franz Rosenzweig, Martin Buber, and Emmanuel Levinas—to help him reconcile the… More
Rosenzweig im Gespräch mit Ehrenberg, Cohen, und Buber
–
Schmied-Kowarzik, Wolfdietrich. Rosenzweig im Gespräch mit Ehrenberg, Cohen, und Buber. München: Karl Alber, 2006.
Franz Rosenzweigs “neues Denken.”
–Schmied-Kowarzik, Wolfdietrich, editor. Franz Rosenzweigs “neues Denken”.Freiburg: Alber, 2006.
Overview: – Zum 75. Todesjahr des jüdischen Religionsphilosophen Franz Rosenzweig fand im März 2004 in seiner Geburtsstadt Kassel zum zweiten Mal ein großer Internationaler Kongreß statt: Franz Rosenzweigs ‘neues Denken’. Galt es beim… More
Letters of Love: Franz Rosenzweig’s Spiritual Biography and Oeuvre in Light of the Gritli Letters.
–
Meir, Ephraim. Letters of Love: Franz Rosenzweig's Spiritual Biography and Oeuvre in Light of the Gritli Letters. New York: Lang, 2005.
Review: – Ephraim Meir’s book is the first greater attempt to scientifically evaluate the Gritli Letters and to relate them to Rosenzweig’s writings, especially to his religious-philosophical main work, ‘Der Stern der Erlösung’ [Star of… More
Religion der Erfahrung: Einführungen in das Denken Franz Rosenzweigs.
–
Casper, Bernhard. Religion der Erfahrung: Einführungen in das Denken Franz Rosenzweigs. Paderborn: Schöningh, 2004.
The Legacy of Franz Rosenzweig: Collected Essays
– Anckaert, Luc, Martin Brasser, and Norbert Samuelson, editors. The Legacy of Franz Rosenzweig: Collected Essays. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 2004.Overview: – The volume falls into three sections, each of which shows a distinctive interest in the Rosenzweig research. The Biographical Legacy presents the outcome of the beginning study of the Gritli-Letters. Undoubtedly, the main event of the last… More
Rosenzweig and Heidegger: Between Judaism and German Philosophy.
– Gordon, Peter Eli. Rosenzweig and Heidegger: Between Judaism and German Philosophy. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2003.Overview: – Franz Rosenzweig (1886-1929) is widely regarded today as one of the most original and intellectually challenging figures within the so-called renaissance of German-Jewish thought in the Weimar period. The architect of a unique kind of… More
Franz Rosenzweig and Jehudah HaLevi: Translating, Translations, and Translators.
–
Galli, Barbara. Franz Rosenzweig and Jehudah HaLevi: Translating, Translations, and Translators. Montreal: McGill-Queens University Press, 2002.
Overview: – Galli’s primary aim is to explore Rosenzweig’s statement that his notes to Halevi’s poems exemplify a practical application of the philosophic system he set out in The Star of Redemption. Through an extended, multifaceted… More
Multimedia
“World-Denial and World Redemption: Franz Rosenzweig’s Early Marcionism.”
–
Overview: – This event has been co-sponsored by Boston University’s Elie Wiesel Center for Judaic Studies and supported by the Boston University Center for the Humanities. Professor Pollock is Associate Professor of Religious Studies at Michigan… More
On the Eve of Destruction: Jewish Life in Germany.
– Dr. Michael Brenner, Chair of Jewish History and Culture at the University of Munich in Germany, lecture at Foundation of Jewish Studies, 2011.Overview: – Contrary to common belief, Jewish life in Germany before the rise of the Nazis was culturally thriving. While one segment of the Jewish community was assimilated, there was a tendency, especially among the younger generation, to show… More