JWST 356 - Buber, Rosenzweig, and Heschel

Semester Offered: Second Semester
Full Course
Credits: 4 credits
Attribute: 4HU, WINT

Martin Buber’s I and Thou and Franz Rosenzweig’s Star of Redemption are classics of 20th Century religious thought. Both posit the necessity of a real encounter with the divine. We will study these two thinkers’ texts (and to some extent their lives), and then bring them into conversation with Abraham J. Heschel, whose approach to some of the same questions of God, Jewish tradition and the possibility of a religious life provides an interesting counterpoint.
Enrollment Limit: 12
Instructor: A. Socher
Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes
Prerequisites & Notes
One course in Jewish Studies or religious thought or modern philosophy