Franz Rosenzweig was a contemporary, colleague, and close friend of Martin Buber. The two co-wrote a variety
of works, including a translation of the Hebrew Bible from the original Hebrew. Rosenzweig’s best-known
individual work is the epic The Star of Redemption, a book of modern theology critical of modern philosophical
idealism (embodied in Hegel’s systematization of human life and thought structure) which has had a massive
influence on modern Jewish theology and philosophy since its publication in the early 20th century. Rosenzweig
proposes an alternative to modern philosophy’s systematization of human existence in a paradigm shift from a sterile,
removed modern philosophy of idealism and logic to a more Jewish, theistic system, emphasizing the primacy of the
relationships between the world, Man (as human being), and God, which can also serve as a pathway for the
redemption of the Jewish people as a nation.
Works by Franz Rosenzweig
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