Emil Fackenheim was the last in a long line of Jewish philosophers to emerge from Germany, the modern center of Western philosophy, following Moses Mendelssohn, Leo Baeck, and Martin Buber. In this revealing book, David Patterson explores Fackenheim's rigorous pursuit of a philosophical response to the tragedy of the Holocaust. Fackenheim's writing sheds light on the tensions between Jewish thinking and German philosophy, illustrating how elements of the latter were used by the Nazis to justify Jewish annihilation. In addition, he emphasizes the important implications of defining Jewish philosophy as its own entity, separate from the tenets of the Jewish cultural tradition.
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"Emil Fackenheim assumed the impossible task of responding to the Nazi annihilation of the Jews of Europe. He engaged in the pursuit of the philosophical implications of the slaughter of the Jewish people on Jewish thought, Judaism, the Jewish people, the State of Israel, and on philosophy itself." --SHOFAR
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"[an] eloquent study of Fackenheim." --H-Net Reviews
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David Patterson is the Bornblum Chair of Judaic Studies at the University of Memphis. He has published numerous books and articles on Jewish culture and religion, including Sun Turned to Darkness, also published by Syracuse University Press.
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David Patterson is the winner of the National Jewish Book Award and the Koret Jewish Book Award and has published more than 30 book and more than 130 artices and book chapters.
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Holy One, God Himself, Jewish State, Liberal Judaism, Mount Sinai, Emil Fackenheim, The Matter of Singularity, Philosophical Roots of the Holocaust, Commanding Voice of Auschwitz, Land of Israel, God of Abraham, German Idealism, Infinite One, Primo Levi, Martin Heidegger, Voice of Sinai, National Socialism, Yom Kippur, Golden Age, Holy Name, God of Israel, Holy City, Kitzur Shulchan Arukh, State of Israel, Franz Rosenzweig Browse Sample Pages:
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Holy One, God Himself, Jewish State, Liberal Judaism, Mount Sinai, Emil Fackenheim, The Matter of Singularity, Philosophical Roots of the Holocaust, Commanding Voice of Auschwitz, Land of Israel, God of Abraham, German Idealism, Infinite One, Primo Levi, Martin Heidegger, Voice of Sinai, National Socialism, Yom Kippur, Golden Age, Holy Name, God of Israel, Holy City, Kitzur Shulchan Arukh, State of Israel, Franz Rosenzweig Browse Sample Pages:
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