From Hegelianism to a revolutionary understanding of Judaism: Franz Rosenzweig's attitude toward Kabbala and myth

Modern Judaism

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 31-54

  Horwitz, Rivka ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

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Agriculture; Developing countries; Special and differential treatment; WTO Doha Round

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EID: 61049298564     PISSN: 02761114     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/mj/kjj003     Document Type: Article

References (31)

1. Franz Rosenzweig, The Star of Redemption, (New York, 1970) pp. 207, 274
2. On Soloveitchik, see Rivka Horwitz, "The Relation of Rabbi Soloveitchik to Religious Experience and Mysticism," in Faith in Changing Times (Heb.), ed. Avi Sagie (Jerusalem, 1996), pp. 45-74
3. Moshe Idel, personal communication, December 2003
4. Rosenzweig may have reached this line of thought in his own way, but it has parallels in Kabbala. Idel shows its parallels in the writings of Immanuel Hai Rikki and other sources. See Moshe Idel, "Franz Rosenzweig and the Kabbala," in Philosophy of Rosenzweig, ed. Paul Mendes-Flohr (Hanover, NH, 1988), p. 169
5. Idel, "Franz Rosenzweig and the Kabbala," p. 168
6. Franz Rosenzweig, "Atheistische Theologie," in Kleinere Schriften (Berlin, 1937), p. 286
7. Rosenzweig, "Atheistische Theologie," p. 288
8. See Joseph H. Hertz, Daily Prayer Book (New York, 1948), p. 117
9. Rosenzweig, "Atheistische Theologie," Pesikta de-Rav Kahana on Isa. 43:10
10. Rosenzweig, The Star of Redemption, p. 171
11. Warren Ze'ev Harvey, "How Much Kabbala in The Star of Redemption?," Immanuel, Vol. 21 (1987), p. 130
12. Harvey, "How Much Kabbala in The Star of Redemption?" p. 133
13. Rosenzweig, "Urzelle," p. 360
14. Rosenzweig, The Star of Redemption, p. 409. The sages made parallels between the members of the human body and the prayer. In Shulhan AruchOrach Chaim (61:3), the number of words in "Hear O Israel" is identical to the number of bones in the body. One has to watch for cleanliness, otherwise not all of one's bones can praise God
15. Rosenzweig, Diary, June 30, 1922, in Gesammelte Schriften I, p. 800, emphasis added
16. Else Freund, Die Existenzphilosophie Franz Rosenzweigs (Hamburg, 1959), p. 114
17. Franz Rosenzweig, "Die Wissenschaft von Gott" [The science of God] (1921), in Gesammelte Schriften III, pp. 622-629
18. F. Rosenzweig, Die "Gritli" - Briefe, ed. Inken Rühle und Reinhold Mayer (Tübingen, 2002), p. 159
19. We have the exact date from when he started to write the book to the time of completion: August 22, 1918, to February 16, 1919. However, he revised and rewrote certain parts in the following months
20. Rosenzweig, Die "Gritli," pp. 128-129
21. Gershom Scholem, "The Star of David: History of a symbol," in The Messianic Idea in Judaism (New York, 1972), pp. 257-281
22. Scholem, The Messianic Idea in Judaism, p. 270
23. The Star of Redemption, p. 422
24. Michael Fishbane, The Kiss of God: Spiritual and Mystical Death in Judaism (Seattle, 1994)
25. Fishbane, The Kiss of God, p. 11
26. Rosenzweig, Diary, June 9, 1922, in Gesammelte Schriften 1, Vol. 2, p. 793
27. Rosenzweig, Gesammelte Schriften I, p. 126
28. N. Glatzer, Franz Rosenzweig: His Life and Thought (New York, 1967), pp. 28, 341, emphasis added
29. Rosenzweig, Gesammelte Schriften II, p. 642
30. Ibid
31. G. Scholem, Explications and Implications: Writings on Jewish Heritage and Renaissance, ed. A. Shapira (Tel Aviv, 1976), Vol I, p. 73. [Hebrew]