Zwischen Philosophie und Gesetz: Jüdische Philosophie und Theologie von 1933 bis 1938

Leiden: Brill, 2009. First edition. Hardcover. Near fine. Octavo. (xiii, (1), 334pp. Text in German with a 17 page bibliography. Light green over purple boards, lettered in purple. Spine slightly sun faded to light blue, otherwise a fine, as new copy.

Despite the revival of intellectual history in recent years, there is still relatively little research into German-Jewish intellectual history between 1933 and 1938. The present work studies for the first time the important discussions of the period from the debate between Leo Strauss and Julius Guttmann, Alexander Altmann’s contribution to “Jewish theology,” to the reception of the work of Franz (truncated) Rosenzweig and Martin Heidegger as well as the works of David Baumgardt and Fritz Heinemann. Many now forgotten texts of those discussions have been made accessible here. All the leading figures presented in this study were sooner or later forced to choose between “philosophy” and “law.” (Publisher)

Contents: Vorwort; Einleitung; I. Kapitel Philosophie und Gesetz -- zur Kontroverse zwischen Leo Strauss und Julius Guttmann; II. Kapitel Alexander Altmann und die jüdische Theologie; III. Kapitel Franz Rosenzweigs „Nachleben" im Dritten Reich; IV. Kapitel „Die Stunde der jüdischen Philosophie"? -- Zu Schriften von Fritz Heinemann; V. Kapitel David Baumgardts „Kampf um den Lebenssinn"; VI. Kapitel Bemerkungen zur ungeschriebenen Geschichte der jüdischen Heidegger-Rezeption; Schluss; Abkürzungsverzeichnis; Bibliographie. (OCLC)

Volume 7 of the Brill series "Supplements to the Journal of Jewish Thought and Philosophy" (SJJTP). (Inventory #: 52130)