Emil L. Fackenheim: Philosopher, Theologian, Jew"Emil L. Fackenheim: Philosopher, Theologian, Jew" is a scholarly tribute to Fackenheim's memory. Fackenheim's combination of erudition and generosity served to inspire a lifetime of philosophical inquiry, and a number of his students are represented in this volume. The volume, in order to provide a forum through which to introduce his thought to a broader audience, covers a wide spectrum of Fackenheim's work including biographical, philosophical, and theological aspects of his thought that have not been addressed adequately in the past. Elie Wiesel, a close personal friend to Fackenheim for over 30 years, has provided the Foreword for the volume. |
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Contents
Introductory Remarks Sharon Portnoff | 1 |
PART ONE FACKENHEIM THEN AND NOW | 15 |
Fackenheim in the Fifties John Burbidge | 17 |
Between Halle and Jerusalem Michael Oppenheim | 25 |
Fackenheims Hermeneutical Circle Michael L Morgan | 43 |
Thought Going to School with Life? Fackenheims Last Philosophical Testament Benjamin Pollock | 55 |
Some Personal Refl ections Martin J Plax | 89 |
PART TWO THE PHILOSOPHICAL DIMENSION OF FACKENHEIMS THOUGHT | 105 |
A Time for Emil Fackenheim A Time for Baruch Spinoza Heidi Morrison Ravven | 211 |
PART THREE THE RELIGIOUS DIMENSION OF FACKENHEIMS THOUGHT | 219 |
Rabbi Fackenheim and Philosophical Encounter with Elijahs Wager James A Diamond | 221 |
Tikkun in Fackenheims LebenDenken as a Trace of Lurianic Kabbalah Aubrey L Glazer | 235 |
Refl ections on Fackenheims 614th Commandment Lionel Rubinoff | 251 |
Emil Fackenheim and the Levitical Order of Thinking Michael Kigel | 295 |
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Contributors | 331 |
Historicism and Revelation in Emil Fackenheims SelfDistancing from Leo Strauss Martin D Yaffe | 107 |
Heidegger Radical Historicism and Diabolical Evil Kenneth Hart Green | 125 |
Fackenheims Hegelian Return to Contingency Sharon Portnoff | 161 |
Emil Fackenheim and the Problem of Dirty Hands Sam Ajzenstat | 179 |
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Emil L. Fackenheim: Philosopher, Theologian, Jew Sharon Portnoff,Jim Diamond,Martin Yaffe Limited preview - 2008 |
Emil L. Fackenheim: Philosopher, Theologian, Jew Sharon Portnoff,James Arthur Diamond,Martin D. Yaffe No preview available - 2008 |
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614th Commandment Abraham according to Fackenheim actual affirmation affirmed Akedah Amalek argued Auschwitz believe biblical Buber challenge Christian claim confront contemporary context continued covenant critical defines definition demonic difficult divine Elijah Emil Fackenheim encounter essay ethical event existence experience Facken Fackenheim’s thought final finally find finite first Franz Rosenzweig Führer God’s Presence GPJT grasp halachic Hegel Hegelian Heidegger Heidegger’s hermeneutic historicism Hitler Holocaust human idea idolatry infinite influence Israel Jerusalem Jewish philosophy Jewish thinker Jewish thought Jews Judaism Kant Kant’s Leo Strauss life-thinking Lurianic Kabbalah Maimonides man’s Martin Buber means Mend the World Messianic metaphysics Midrashic modern moral Muselmann nature Nazi Nazism note card notion one’s philosophical possible post-Holocaust Presence in History question rabbinic radical evil rational reason recognized reflection religion religious resistance response revelation rupture sacrifice significance specific Spinoza suggest survival theology thinking three-term tikkun tion Torah tradition tragic vision transcendence truth understand writes Zionism