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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Kenneth Hart Green (University of Toronto)Publisher: Cambridge University Press Imprint: Cambridge University Press Dimensions: Width: 23.50cm , Height: 3.00cm , Length: 15.50cm Weight: 0.760kg ISBN: 9781107187382ISBN 10: 1107187389 Pages: 416 Publication Date: 08 October 2020 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand  We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of ContentsDedication; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Introduction: The Unending Struggle with Revelation in the Thought of Emil Fackenheim; 1. What Is Faith?; 2. Individual vs. Collective, Rational vs. Mystical; 3. Revelation as a Possibility; 4. On Authority, Tradition, and History; 5. Divine Power versus Human Freedom; 6. From Presence to History; 7. Confronting Radical Evil as Rupture; 8. Diabolical Revelation and the Holocaust; 9. Negative Absolute and Fragmentary Transcendence; Conclusion: Revelation of the Diabolical Truth in History; Bibliography; IndexReviews'The book is the consummation of a lifetime of reflection not only on Fackenheim's unique combination of Jewish thought and philosophical speculation but also on those few, fundamental, and enduring questions that vex every age-the relation between reason and revelation, Athens and Jerusalem, the world of historical change and the search for timeless truths.' Paul Wilford, Mosaic Magazines 'The book is the consummation of a lifetime of reflection not only on Fackenheim's unique combination of Jewish thought and philosophical speculation but also on those few, fundamental, and enduring questions that vex every age the relation between reason and revelation, Athens and Jerusalem, the world of historical change and the search for timeless truths.' Paul Wilford, Mosaic 'The book is the consummation of a lifetime of reflection not only on Fackenheim's unique combination of Jewish thought and philosophical speculation but also on those few, fundamental, and enduring questions that vex every age-the relation between reason and revelation ... Green's familiarity with the tradition [...] allows him to guide his readers through a number of philosophical and theological questions, attending to Fackenheim's debt to the tradition while also illustrating his unique contribution and innovative response to the Holocaust, the crisis of his age.' Paul Wilford, German Idealism and the Philosophy of History 'The book is the consummation of a lifetime of reflection not only on Fackenheim's unique combination of Jewish thought and philosophical speculation but also on those few, fundamental, and enduring questions that vex every age-the relation between reason and revelation, Athens and Jerusalem, the world of historical change and the search for timeless truths.' Paul Wilford, Mosaic Magazines Author InformationKenneth Hart Green is Professor in the Department of the Study of Religion at the University of Toronto. A scholar of Jewish Thought, he is the author of numerous journal articles and books, most recently Leo Strauss and the Rediscovery of Maimonides (2013). Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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