Jewish Messianism and the History of Philosophy
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Jewish Messianism and the History of Philosophy  -     By: Martin Kavka

Jewish Messianism and the History of Philosophy

Cambridge Bibles / 2004 / Hardcover

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Jewish Messianism and the History of Philosophy contests the ancient opposition between Athens and Jerusalem by retrieving the concept of meontology--the doctrine of nonbeing--from the Jewish philosophical and theological tradition. For Emmanuel Levinas, as well as for Franz Rosenzweig, Hermann Cohen, and Moses Maimonides, the Greek concept of nonbeing (understood as both lack and possibility) clarifies the meaning of Jewish life. These thinkers of "Jerusalem" use "Athens" for Jewish ends, justifying Jewish anticapation of a future messianic era, as well as portraying the subject's intellectual and ethical acts as central in accomplishing redemption. In addition, Kavka argues that this formal structure of messianic subjectivity is not simply an acculturating move of Judaism to modern or medieval philosophical values, but it can also be found in an earlier stratum of the Jewish tradition, particularly in an ancient midrashic text discussing a group that refers to itself as the Mourners of Zion.

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Title: Jewish Messianism and the History of Philosophy
By: Martin Kavka
Format: Hardcover
Number of Pages: 256
Vendor: Cambridge Bibles
Publication Date: 2004
Dimensions: 9.0 X 6.0 (inches)
Weight: 1 pound 2 ounces
ISBN: 0521831032
ISBN-13: 9780521831031
Stock No: WW831032

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Martin Kavka challenges the ancient opposition between Athens and Jerusalem by retrieving the concept of meontology (the doctrine of nonbeing) in one strand of the Jewish philosophical and theological tradition. Kavka's study also offers new interpretations of important contributors to contemporary Continental philosophy. They critique arguments about the role of lived religion in the thought of Jacques Derrida, the role of Greek philosophy in the thought of Emmanuel Levinas, and the ethical importance of the thought of Franz Rosenzweig.

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