Books
Understanding the Sick and the Healthy: A View of World, Man, and God.
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Franz Rosenzweig. Understanding the Sick and the Healthy: A View of World, Man, and God. Edited and translated by Nahum N. Glatzer. New York: Noonday Press, 1953.
Review: – Understanding the Sick and the Healthy was written for a lay audience and takes the form of an ironic narrative about convalescence. With superb simplicity and beauty, it… More
Hegel und der Staat
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Franz Rosenzweig. Hegel und der Staat. Munich and Berlin: R. Oldenbourg, 1920, reprint Aalen: Scientia, 1962.
Overview: – In the fall of 1910, Rosenzweig left Freiburg for Berlin, where he began a period of archival work on Hegel’s handwritten Nachlass. Here he gathered the material… More
The Star of Redemption
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Franz Rosenzweig. The Star of Redemption. Translated by William W. Hallo. New York: Holt, Rinehart, and Winston, 1971.
Judaism Despite Christianity: The “Letters on Christianity and Judaism.”
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Franz Rosenzweig. Judaism Despite Christianity: The “Letters on Christianity and Judaism” Between Eugen Rosenstock-Huessy and Franz Rosenzweig. Edited by Eugen Rosenstock-Huessy and translated by Dorothy Emmet. New York: Schocken Books, 1971.
Der Mensch und sein Werk. Gesammelte Schriften II. Der Stern der Erlösung.
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Franz Rosenzweig. Der Mensch und sein Werk. Gesammelte Schriften II. Der Stern der Erlösung. Introduction by Reinhold Mayer. Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, 1976 [4th edition].
Der Mensch und sein Werk. Gesammelte Schriften I. Briefe und Tagebücher.
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Franz Rosenzweig. Der Mensch und sein Werk. Gesammelte Schriften I. Briefe und Tagebücher. 1.Band 1900-1918. 2.Band 1919-1929. Edited by Rachel Rosenzweig and Edith Rosenzweig-Scheinmann with the cooperation of Bernhard Casper. Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, 1979.
Der Mensch und sein Werk. Gesammelte Schriften III. Zweistromland. Kleinere Schriften zu Glauben und Denken.
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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.
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 Stern der Erlösung
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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… More
Franz Rosenzweig: His Life and Thought.
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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.
God, Man, and the World: Lectures and Essays.
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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… More
Philosophical and Theological Writings
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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… More
Cultural Writings of Franz Rosenzweig
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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… More
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… More
“Innerlich bleibt die Welt eine”: ausgewählte Texte zum Islam.
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Franz Rosenzweig. “Innerlich bleibt die Welt eine”: ausgewählte Texte zum Islam. Gesine Palmer and Yossef Schwartz, editors. Berlin: Philo, 2003.
The Star of Redemption
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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… More
Commentary
Das Dialogische Denken: Eine Untersuchung der religionsphilosophischen Bedeutung Franz Rosenzweigs, Ferdinand Ebners und Martin Buber.
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Casper, Bernhard. Das Dialogische Denken: Eine Untersuchung der religionsphilosophischen Bedeutung Franz Rosenzweigs, Ferdinand Ebners und Martin Buber. Freiburg: Herder, 1967.
“On Jews and Judaism in Crisis.”
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Gershom Scholem, "On Jews and Judaism in Crisis," trans. Werner Dannhauser. New York: Shocken Books, 1976.
Overview: – On Jews and Judaism in Crisis presents Gershom Scholem confronting, studying, and judging the important ideas, events, and figures of twentieth-century Judaism. It… More
Franz Rosenzweig’s Philosophy of Existence: An Analysis of the Star of Redemption.
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Freund, Else-Rahel. Franz Rosenzweig's Philosophy of Existence: An Analysis of the Star of Redemption. Translated by S.L. Weinstein and Robert Israel. The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, 1979.
Review: – “Franz Rosenzweig’s The Start of Redemption is one of the few lasting books of our century, a work whose originality transcends the disciplinary limits of philosophy… More
“A Confession about our Language.”
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Gershom Scholem, Letter to Rosenzweig, 1926, "A Confession about our Language", French Translation by Stephane Moses, Archives de Sciences Sociales Des Religions, no. 60-61 Paris, 1985.
Der Philosoph Franz Rosenzweig (1886-1929).
– Schmied-Kowarzik, Wolfdietrich, editor. Der Philosoph Franz Rosenzweig (1886-1929). Freiburg: Alber, 1988.The Philosophy of Franz Rosenzweig
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Mendes-Flohr, Paul, editor. The Philosophy of Franz Rosenzweig. University Press of New England for Brandeis University Press, 1988.
Overview: – Eleven essays on the life and thought of the Jewish philosopher and theologian Franz Rosenzweig.
Correlations in Rosenzweig and Levinas
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Gibbs, Robert. Correlations in Rosenzweig and Levinas. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1992.
Overview: – Robert Gibbs radically revises standard interpretations of the two key figures of modern Jewish philosophy: Franz Rosenzweig, author of the “Star of… More
System and Revelation: The Philosophy of Franz Rosenzweig.
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Mosès, Stéphane. System and Revelation: The Philosophy of Franz Rosenzweig. Translated by Catherine Tihanyi. Detroit: Wayne State University Press, 1992.
Overview: – Jewish philosopher Franz Rosenzweig questioned the whole of Western philosophical tradition and tried to found “new thinking” based on the Jewish-Christian… More
Elevations: The Height of the Good in Rosenzweig and Levinas.
–Cohen, Richard A. Elevations: The Height of the Good in Rosenzweig and Levinas. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1994.
Overview: – Elevations is a series of closely related essays on the ground-breaking philosophical and theological work of Emmanuel Levinas and Franz Rosenzweig, two of the… More
Better than Wine: Love, Poetry, and Prayer in the Thought of Franz Rosenzweig.
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Greenberg, Yudit Kornberg. Better than Wine: Love, Poetry, and Prayer in the Thought of Franz Rosenzweig. The American Academy of Religion, 1996.
Reviews: – “Franz Rosenzweig deserves this careful and creative study of his thought by Yudit K. Greenberg. By showing his affinities to classical Jewish mysticism, she has… More
Preface to Spinoza’s Critique of Religion, Spinoza’s Critique of Religion.
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Leo Strauss, Preface to Spinoza's Critique of Religion, Spinoza's Critique of Religion. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1997.
Overview: – Leo Strauss articulates the conflict between reason and revelation as he explores Spinoza’s scientific, comparative, and textual treatment of the Bible. Strauss… More
Monolingualism of the Other, or The Prosthesis of Origin
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Jacques Derrida, Monolingualism of the Other, or The Prosthesis of Origin, trans. Patrick Mensah. Stanford University Press, 1997.
Overview: – “I have but one language—yet that language is not mine.” This book intertwines theoretical reflection with historical and cultural particularity to enunciate, then… More
German Jews: A Dual Identity.
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Mendes-Flohr, Paul. German Jews: A Dual Identity. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1999.
Overview: – When the German-Jewish philosopher Franz Rosenzweig entitled his 1926 collection of essays on Jewish and universal cultural topics Zweistromland — a land of two… More
An Episode of Jewish Romanticism: Franz Rosenzweig’s Star of Redemption.
–Rubinstein, Ernest. An Episode of Jewish Romanticism: Franz Rosenzweig's Star of Redemption. Albany: SUNY Press, 1999.
Review: – 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,… More
A User’s Guide to Franz Rosenzweig’s The Star of Redemption
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Samuelson, Norbert M. A User's Guide to Franz Rosenzweig's The Star of Redemption. Richmond, VA: Curzon, 1999.
Review: – “A valuable addition to the continued interest in Rosenzweig’s philosophy throughout the 1990s. The author succeeds in clarifying the meaning of the original… More
Idolatry and Representation: The Philosophy of Franz Rosenzweig Reconsidered.
–Batnitzky, Leora. Idolatry and Representation: The Philosophy of Franz Rosenzweig Reconsidered. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2000.
Introduction: – Introduction RECONSIDERING ROSENZWEIG AND MODERN CONCEPTIONS OF IDOLATRY FRANZ ROSENZWEIG has long been interpreted as an existentialist philosopher who rejected… More
The Psychotheology of Everyday Life: Reflections on Freud and Rosenzweig.
–Santner, Eric L. The Psychotheology of Everyday Life: Reflections on Freud and Rosenzweig. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2001.
Overview: – In On the Psychotheology of Everyday Life, Eric Santner puts Sigmund Freud in dialogue with his contemporary Franz Rosenzweig in the service of reimagining ethical and… More
Franz Rosenzweig and Jehudah HaLevi: Translating, Translations, and Translators.
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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… 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… More
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… More
Religion der Erfahrung: Einführungen in das Denken Franz Rosenzweigs.
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Casper, Bernhard. Religion der Erfahrung: Einführungen in das Denken Franz Rosenzweigs. Paderborn: Schöningh, 2004.
Letters of Love: Franz Rosenzweig’s Spiritual Biography and Oeuvre in Light of the Gritli Letters.
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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… More
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… More
Rosenzweig im Gespräch mit Ehrenberg, Cohen, und Buber
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Schmied-Kowarzik, Wolfdietrich. Rosenzweig im Gespräch mit Ehrenberg, Cohen, und Buber. München: Karl Alber, 2006.
Jewish Philosophy as a Guide to Life: Rosenzweig, Buber, Levinas, Wittgenstein.
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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,… More
Franz Rosenzweig and the Systematic Task of Philosophy
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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”… More
Rosenzweig’s Bible: Reinventing Scripture for Jewish Modernity.
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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… More
Multimedia
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… More
“World-Denial and World Redemption: Franz Rosenzweig’s Early Marcionism.”
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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.… More