Buch, Englisch, Band 116, 558 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 230 mm, Gewicht: 969 g
Reihe: Studia Judaica
Martin Buber and the Challenges of Being Chosen
Buch, Englisch, Band 116, 558 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 230 mm, Gewicht: 969 g
Reihe: Studia Judaica
ISBN: 978-3-11-074074-5
Verlag: De Gruyter
With exacting scholarship and fecund analysis, Manuel Oliveira probes through the lens of Martin Buber (1878-1965) the theological and political ambiguities of Israel’s divine election. These ambiguities became especially pronounced with the emergence of Zionism. Wary, indeed, alarmed by the tendency of some of his fellow Zionists to conflate divine chosenness with nationalism, Buber sought to secure the theological significance of election by both steering Zionism from hypertrophic nationalism and by a sustained program to revalorize what he called alternately “Hebrew Humanism.” As Oliveira demonstrates, Buber viewed the idea of election teleologically, espousing a universal mission of Israel, which effectively calls upon Zionism to align its political and cultural project to universal objectives. Thus, in addressing a Zionist congress, he rhetorically asked, “What then is this spirit of Israel of which you are speaking? It is the spirit of fulfillment. Fulfillment of what? Fulfillment of the simple truth that man has been created for a purpose (.) Our purpose is the upbuilding of peace (.) And that is its spirit, the spirit of Israel (.) the people of Israel was charged to lead the way to righteousness and justice.”
Zielgruppe
Jewish Thought, Philosophy, Theology, Biblical Studies, Critical / Judaist/-innen, Religionswissenschaftler/-innen, Philosoph/-innen
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Fachgebiete
- Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte des Judentums (Diaspora)
- Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Religionsgeschichte
- Geisteswissenschaften Jüdische Studien Geschichte des Judentums
