Bernd Witte was Professor of Philosophy at Heinrich Heine University of Düsseldorf, Germany.

• 1. Enlightenment through Art: Johann Joachim Winckelmann’s Discovery of Modern Individualism Out of the Spirit of Hellenism; 2. Juno Ludovisi and Ceremonial Law Judaism’s Admittance to the European Culture of Enlightenment and the Anti-Judaism of German Classicism; 3. Christ Dionysus: Hölderlin’s ‘Occidental’ Myth; 4. The “People of the Book”: Heinrich Heine’s Formation of Modern Writing Out of the Spirit of Judaism; 5. Jews and Germans: The Myth of the People; 6. “Berlin is Sparta!”: From Racial Madness to Genocide; 7. Moses and Oedipus: Sigmund Freud in London; 8. Moshe Rabenu: Leo Baeck in Theresienstadt; 9. Moses the Leader and the People of Yahweh: Martin Buber in Jerusalem; 10. Avodah – About Service: Gertrud Kantorowicz in Theresienstadt and Margarete Susman in Zürich; 11. Odysseus and Abraham: Erich Auerbach in Istanbul; 12. One Final Time: Greeks and Germans: Martin Heidegger in Freiburg; 13. Coda: “Face to Face”: Emmanuel Lévinas in Paris.

Bernd Witte was Professor of Philosophy at Heinrich Heine University of Düsseldorf, Germany.

• 1. Enlightenment through Art: Johann Joachim Winckelmann’s Discovery of Modern Individualism Out of the Spirit of Hellenism; 2. Juno Ludovisi and Ceremonial Law Judaism’s Admittance to the European Culture of Enlightenment and the Anti-Judaism of German Classicism; 3. Christ Dionysus: Hölderlin’s ‘Occidental’ Myth; 4. The “People of the Book”: Heinrich Heine’s Formation of Modern Writing Out of the Spirit of Judaism; 5. Jews and Germans: The Myth of the People; 6. “Berlin is Sparta!”: From Racial Madness to Genocide; 7. Moses and Oedipus: Sigmund Freud in London; 8. Moshe Rabenu: Leo Baeck in Theresienstadt; 9. Moses the Leader and the People of Yahweh: Martin Buber in Jerusalem; 10. Avodah – About Service: Gertrud Kantorowicz in Theresienstadt and Margarete Susman in Zürich; 11. Odysseus and Abraham: Erich Auerbach in Istanbul; 12. One Final Time: Greeks and Germans: Martin Heidegger in Freiburg; 13. Coda: “Face to Face”: Emmanuel Lévinas in Paris.

Bernd Witte was Professor of Philosophy at Heinrich Heine University of Düsseldorf, Germany.

• 1. Enlightenment through Art: Johann Joachim Winckelmann’s Discovery of Modern Individualism Out of the Spirit of Hellenism; 2. Juno Ludovisi and Ceremonial Law Judaism’s Admittance to the European Culture of Enlightenment and the Anti-Judaism of German Classicism; 3. Christ Dionysus: Hölderlin’s ‘Occidental’ Myth; 4. The “People of the Book”: Heinrich Heine’s Formation of Modern Writing Out of the Spirit of Judaism; 5. Jews and Germans: The Myth of the People; 6. “Berlin is Sparta!”: From Racial Madness to Genocide; 7. Moses and Oedipus: Sigmund Freud in London; 8. Moshe Rabenu: Leo Baeck in Theresienstadt; 9. Moses the Leader and the People of Yahweh: Martin Buber in Jerusalem; 10. Avodah – About Service: Gertrud Kantorowicz in Theresienstadt and Margarete Susman in Zürich; 11. Odysseus and Abraham: Erich Auerbach in Istanbul; 12. One Final Time: Greeks and Germans: Martin Heidegger in Freiburg; 13. Coda: “Face to Face”: Emmanuel Lévinas in Paris.