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Reason
and Hope
Selections from the Jewish Writings of Hermann Cohen
Eva Jospe |
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Hermann
Cohen's writings on Judaism constitute a landmark in the history of modern
religious thought. Cohen (1842-1918) taught first at Marburg University
and then at the Hochschule für die Wissenschaft des Judentums in Berlin.
Renowned originally as the founder and most prominent representative of
the so-called neo-Kantian school of philosophy (or, as he called it, critical
idealism), Cohen gradually came to see a close affinity between the ideas
and ideals of the Jewish prophets and those of classical Greek and German
idealism, a spiritual kinship he stressed throughout his later years. Although
he was not conventionally religious, Cohen repeatedly stressed his belief
in Judaism's "absolute" monotheism, a religion based equally on
faith and reason and grounded in the concept of One God.
The contents of this anthology have been culled from
Cohen's Jewish Writings,
a three-volume collection of essays and addresses published posthumously
in 1924 in Berlin. |
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Religion and Contemporary Culture
2. Classical Idealism and the Hebrew Prophets
3. Prophetic Ideals
4. Reason and Moral Awareness
5. Religion and Zionism
6. German Humanism and Jewish Messianism
7. Reconciliation
8. The Enduring Relevance of Judaism |
