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An Epitaph for German Judaism: From Halle to Jerusalem (Modern Jewish Philosophy and Religion: Translations and Critical Studies)
Emil L Fackenheim
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Hardcover. Emil Fackenheim's life work was to call upon the world at large to confront the Holocaust as an unprecedented assault on the Jewish people, Judaism, and all humanity. Here, he looks back on his life, at the profound and painful circumstances that shaped him as a philosopher and a committed Jewish thinker. Series: Modern Jewish Philosophy & Religion: Translations & Critical Studies. Num Pages: 264 pages, references, index. BIC Classification: BG; HBJD; HBTZ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 26. Weight in Grams: 626.
Emil Fackenheim's life work was to call upon the world at large - and on philosophers, Christians, Jews, and Germans in particular - to confront the Holocaust as an unprecedented assault on the Jewish people, Judaism, and all humanity. In this memoir, to which he was making final revisions at the time of his death, Fackenheim looks back on his life, at the profound and painful circumstances that shaped him as a philosopher and a committed Jewish thinker. Interned for three months in the Sachsenhausen concentration camp after Kristallnacht, Fackenheim was released and escaped to Scotland and then to Canada, ... Read more
Emil Fackenheim's life work was to call upon the world at large - and on philosophers, Christians, Jews, and Germans in particular - to confront the Holocaust as an unprecedented assault on the Jewish people, Judaism, and all humanity. In this memoir, to which he was making final revisions at the time of his death, Fackenheim looks back on his life, at the profound and painful circumstances that shaped him as a philosopher and a committed Jewish thinker. Interned for three months in the Sachsenhausen concentration camp after Kristallnacht, Fackenheim was released and escaped to Scotland and then to Canada, ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
University of Wisconsin Press
Condition
New
Series
Modern Jewish Philosophy & Religion: Translations & Critical Studies
Place of Publication
Wisconsin, United States
ISBN
9780299175900
SKU
V9780299175900
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About Emil L Fackenheim
Emil Fackenheim (1916-2003) was a rabbi and professor of philosophy at the University of Toronto and the Hebrew University, Jerusalem. His many books include The Religious Dimension in Hegel's Thought, God's Presence in History, To Mend the World, and What Is Judaism?
Reviews for An Epitaph for German Judaism: From Halle to Jerusalem (Modern Jewish Philosophy and Religion: Translations and Critical Studies)
"An illuminating and affecting memoir by a seminal Jewish thinker of the twentieth century." - Raul Hilberg, author of The Destruction of the European Jews "Fackenheim's influence on present-day Jewish thought has been profound, and these memoirs show why." - Yehuda Bauer, Hebrew University, Jerusalem"