Three Stars of Redemption: The Influential Women in the Life of Franz Rosenzweig - Couverture rigide

Shevitz, Amy Hill

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ISBN 10 : 0817322736 ISBN 13 : 9780817322731

Editeur : University Alabama Press, 2026

Synopsis

A revelatory study of the overlooked ways that Franz Rosenzweig's closest relationships with women shaped his philosophical legacy and reframed Jewish thought

Three Stars of Redemption: The Influential Women in the Life of Franz Rosenzweig by Amy Hill Shevitz offers a groundbreaking reexamination of Franz Rosenzweig, one of the most influential Jewish philosophers of the twentieth century, through the lens of three pivotal women in his life. The book is a compelling study of the ways that Rosenzweig's intellectual and emotional world were shaped by his mother, Adele Alsberg Rosenzweig, his wife, Edith Hahn Rosenzweig, and his lover Margrit Rosenstock-Huessy, charting the influence those women had, by extension, on modern Jewish thought.

Rosenzweig is best known for his work of essential religious philosophy The Star of Redemption and his role in the Weimar Jewish Renaissance. Yet Shevitz reveals how the maternal, romantic, and marital relationships he maintained were not peripheral but central to his philosophical development and lived Judaism. Drawing on archival research and close readings of correspondence and historical context, Shevitz restores agency to these women, whose lives have been marginalized or misrepresented in scholarship. Adele's bourgeois upbringing and intimate intellectual bond with her son, Edith's independent journey into Judaism, and Margrit's complex role as both muse and thinker are explored with nuance and depth. Shevitz challenges reductive portrayals and brings their full humanity to light.

This richly contextualized study expands the understanding of Jewish cultural history, gender, and the personal dimensions of philosophical inquiry. Three Stars of Redemption is a vital contribution to Jewish studies, women's history, and the legacy of Rosenzweig's thought.

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À propos de l'auteur

Amy Hill Shevitz is a scholar of German Jewish history and the author of Jewish Communities on the Ohio River: A History. Her peer-reviewed articles have appeared in Modern Judaism, the Leo Baeck Institute Year Book, and Nexus: Essays in German Jewish Studies. She has also published articles on Jewish communities in the United States in journals such as Ohio History and Southern California Quarterly. She taught for many years at California State University, Northridge, and at the Ziegler School of Rabbinic Studies (Los Angeles).

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: University Alabama Press
• Date d'édition: 2026
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0817322736
• ISBN 13: 9780817322731
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 302
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