Can the World Be Redeemed? Geʾulah versus Pidyon: Toward a Mundane, Non-Eschatological Approach to Redemption
Abstract In this essay, I juxtapose two conceptions of redemption, as expressed by the Hebrew terms geʾulah and pidyon . I contend that today, the non-eschatological conception of redemption that animates the term pidyon is more politically salient than traditional cautions against geʾulah -inspired...
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| Sprache: | Englisch |
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Brill
2021
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The journal of Jewish thought & philosophy
Jahr: 2021, Band: 29, Heft: 1, Seiten: 39-54 |
| normierte Schlagwort(-folgen): | B
Judentum
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| RelBib Classification: | AB Religionsphilosophie; Religionskritik; Atheismus BH Judentum NBK Soteriologie |
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Apocalypticism
B Benjamin Netanyahu B Franz Rosenzweig B Redemption B Israel B Jewish politics |
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| Zusammenfassung: | Abstract In this essay, I juxtapose two conceptions of redemption, as expressed by the Hebrew terms geʾulah and pidyon . I contend that today, the non-eschatological conception of redemption that animates the term pidyon is more politically salient than traditional cautions against geʾulah -inspired apocalypticism. Indeed, restoring the more mundane understanding of redemption suggested by pidyon – as release from inherited narratives and obligations – may help us break the stalemate that has descended upon Israeli politics. |
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| ISSN: | 1477-285X |
| Enthält: | Enthalten in: The journal of Jewish thought & philosophy
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/1477285X-12341316 |