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Can contemporary religion, and particularly Judaism, exist without being informed by history? This question was debated in 1940s New York by two German refugees who later rose to prominence — Leo Strauss, one of the twentieth century's most significant political philosophers, and Emil L. Fackenheim, an important post-Holocaust Jewish theologian. There has been little consensus, however, on the definitive meaning of their work.Reason and Revelation before Historicism, the first full-length comparison of Strauss and Fackenheim,places the informal teacher and student in conversation alongside sections of their analyses of notable thinkers. Sharon Portnoff suggests that both saw historicism as the nexus of the intersection and tension between philosophy and religion and raised the possibility of the persistence of the permanent in the modern world. Portnoff illuminates our understanding of Strauss's relationship with Judaism, Fackenheim's oft-overshadowed great philosophical depth, and the function and character of Jewish thought in a secular, post-Holocaust world.
Sharon Portnoff is an assistant professor in the Department of Religious Studies at Connecticut College.
CHAPTER 1 BACKGROUND AND INTRODUCTIONPart I: Review of Literature IntroductionPart II General Background Why is There a Tension Between Philosophy and Revelatory Theology? The Tension Between Philosophy and Revelatory Theologyin Modern Western ThoughtStrauss and Fackenheim on the Tension between Philosophy and Revelatory Theology in Modern Western ThoughtThe Tension Between Philosophy and Revelation in Jewish PhilosophyThe Dead End of Resolving the TensionStrauss and Fackenheim: Two Options to Restore Reason and RevelationPart III: Development of Argument in Chapter FormOverview in Chapter FormStrauss and Fackenheim: A Note on MethodologyCHAPTER 2 STRAUSS' FORMULATION OF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN REASON AND REVELATION IN MODERN THOUGHT AND HIS REJECTION OF A PRACTICAL SYNTHESISPart I: Strauss on Western Philosophy IntroductionStrauss on the Ancient PhilosophersStrauss on MachiavelliStrauss on HobbesStrauss on HeideggerPart II: Strauss on Jewish Philosophy Strauss on the BibleStrauss on SpinozaStrauss on CohenStrauss on RosenzweigConclusionCHAPTER 3 FACKENHEIM'S FORMULATION OF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PHILOSOPHY AND REVELATORY THEOLOGY IN MODERN THOUGHTPart I Fackenheim on Western Philosophy IntroductionFackenheim on KantFackenheim on HegelFackenheim on SchellingFackenheim on HeideggerPart II Fackenheim on Jewish Philosophy Fackenheim on the BibleFackenheim on SpinozaFackenheim on RosenzweigFackenheim on Buber Part III Fackenheim’s Synthesis Fackenheim’s Synthesis of Revelatory Religion and PhilosophyCHAPTER 4 THE PROBLEM OF HISTORICISM IntroductionThe Necessity of “Openness” In Philosophic and/or Religious ThoughtThe Problem of Historicism: Strauss’ Return to Natural RightThe Problem of Historicism: Fackenheim the Philosopher's Return to HistoryThe Problem of Historicism: Fackenheim the Theologian's Return to HistoryConclusionCHAPTER 5 REASON AND REVELATION: JEWISH THOUGHT AFTER STRAUSS AND FACKENHEIM IntroductionStrauss: Jerusalem and AthensFackenheim's Rejection of the Return to Greek ThoughtResults from Beginning with and Fackenheim’s PositionThe Present Writer's PositionBIBLIOGRAPHY
