Argues that Franz Rosenzweig's redirection of German-Jewish ethical monotheism challenges various trends in religious studies, ethics, philosophy, anthropology, theology, and biblical studies. This text considers the import of the cultural criticism articulated in his writings on the modern meanings of art, language, ethics, and national identity.
The Book of Job has held a central role in defining the project of modernity from the age of Enlightenment until today. The Book of Job: Aesthetics, Ethics and Hermeneutics offers new perspectives on the ways in which Job's response to disaster has become an aesthetic and ethical touchstone for modern reflections on catastrophic events. This volume begins with an exploration of questions such as the tragic and ironic bent of the Book of Job, Job as mourner, and theJoban body in pain, and ends with a consideration of Joban works by notable writers - from Melville and Kafka, through Joseph Roth, Zach, Levin, and Philip Roth.