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NotesAbbreviationsagsArchion Gershom ScholemhbnHans-Blumenberg-NachlaßhjaHans-Jonas-ArchivlspLeo Strauss PapersNote toPreface andAcknowledgments1. Hannah Arendt,The Human Condition(Chicago, 1958), 2.Notes toIntroduction1. Gidon Samt, ‘‘Pay (the Orthodox) Now, Receive Later (Maybe)’’ [Hebrew],Ha’aretz(September 8, 1985), 7.2. Cynthia Ozick, ‘‘Sabbatai Sevi: the Mystical Messiah’’ (review),New YorkTimes Book Review(February 24, 1974), 24.3. The Hebrew appears in Gershom Scholem,Mechkarim ve-Mekorot le-Toldot ha-Shabta’ut ve-Gilguleha(Jerusalem, 1974). The English translationappears in Gershom Scholem,The Messianic Idea in Judaism(New York, 1971).4. On this distinction, see especially Hans Blumenberg,The Legitimacy of theModern Age, trans. Robert M. Wallace (Cambridge, Mass., 1983), 37–52.5. Bloch used the phrase as a motto for his bookAtheismus im Christentum(Frankfurt, 1968). Scholem invoked it as he recalled in 1975 his first encounterwith Bloch at Interlaken in 1919. Gershom Scholem, ‘‘Wohnt Gott im Herzeneines Atheisten?’’ republished and translated in Gershom Scholem,On thePossibility of Jewish Mysticism in Our Time, ed. Avraham Shapira (Philadelphia,1997), 216–23.6. Mark Mazower,Dark Continent: Europe’s Twentieth Century(New York,1998), 3–40.7. Some representative accounts: Modris Eksteins,Rites of Spring: The GreatWar and the Birth of the Modern Age(New York, 1989); and Peter Gay,WeimarCulture(New York, 1968).8. Jonathan Sheehan,The Enlightenment Bible: Translation, Scholarship,Culture(Princeton, 2005).9. There is a voluminous literature on the subject. Among others, see StevenAschheim,Brothers and Strangers: The East European Jew in German andGerman-Jewish Consciousness, 1800–1923(Madison, 1982); Avraham Barkaiand Paul Mendes-Flohr,German-Jewish History in Modern Times, vol. 4,

NotesAbbreviationsagsArchion Gershom ScholemhbnHans-Blumenberg-NachlaßhjaHans-Jonas-ArchivlspLeo Strauss PapersNote toPreface andAcknowledgments1. Hannah Arendt,The Human Condition(Chicago, 1958), 2.Notes toIntroduction1. Gidon Samt, ‘‘Pay (the Orthodox) Now, Receive Later (Maybe)’’ [Hebrew],Ha’aretz(September 8, 1985), 7.2. Cynthia Ozick, ‘‘Sabbatai Sevi: the Mystical Messiah’’ (review),New YorkTimes Book Review(February 24, 1974), 24.3. The Hebrew appears in Gershom Scholem,Mechkarim ve-Mekorot le-Toldot ha-Shabta’ut ve-Gilguleha(Jerusalem, 1974). The English translationappears in Gershom Scholem,The Messianic Idea in Judaism(New York, 1971).4. On this distinction, see especially Hans Blumenberg,The Legitimacy of theModern Age, trans. Robert M. Wallace (Cambridge, Mass., 1983), 37–52.5. Bloch used the phrase as a motto for his bookAtheismus im Christentum(Frankfurt, 1968). Scholem invoked it as he recalled in 1975 his first encounterwith Bloch at Interlaken in 1919. Gershom Scholem, ‘‘Wohnt Gott im Herzeneines Atheisten?’’ republished and translated in Gershom Scholem,On thePossibility of Jewish Mysticism in Our Time, ed. Avraham Shapira (Philadelphia,1997), 216–23.6. Mark Mazower,Dark Continent: Europe’s Twentieth Century(New York,1998), 3–40.7. Some representative accounts: Modris Eksteins,Rites of Spring: The GreatWar and the Birth of the Modern Age(New York, 1989); and Peter Gay,WeimarCulture(New York, 1968).8. Jonathan Sheehan,The Enlightenment Bible: Translation, Scholarship,Culture(Princeton, 2005).9. There is a voluminous literature on the subject. Among others, see StevenAschheim,Brothers and Strangers: The East European Jew in German andGerman-Jewish Consciousness, 1800–1923(Madison, 1982); Avraham Barkaiand Paul Mendes-Flohr,German-Jewish History in Modern Times, vol. 4,

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Contents ix
  3. Preface and Acknowledgments xi
  4. Introduction 1
  5. Part One: Overcoming Gnosticism
  6. Introduction 21
  7. Chapter One: The Gnostic Return 27
  8. Chapter Two: Romans in Weimar 37
  9. Chapter Three: Overcoming Gnosticism 49
  10. Chapter Four: After Auschwitz, Earth 60
  11. Part Two: The Pantheism Controversy
  12. Introduction 67
  13. Chapter Five: Pantheism Revisited 73
  14. Chapter Six: The Pantheism Controversy 93
  15. Chapter Seven: From God to Nature 111
  16. Chapter Eight: Natural Right and Judaism 127
  17. Part Three: Redemption through Sin
  18. Introduction 135
  19. Chapter Nine: Redemption through Sin 139
  20. Chapter Ten: Jewish Gnosticism 146
  21. Chapter Eleven: Raising Pantheism 161
  22. Chapter Twelve: From Nihilism to Nothingness 172
  23. Chapter Thirteen: Scholem’s Golem 191
  24. Epilogue 201
  25. Notes 205
  26. Index 245
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Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Contents ix
  3. Preface and Acknowledgments xi
  4. Introduction 1
  5. Part One: Overcoming Gnosticism
  6. Introduction 21
  7. Chapter One: The Gnostic Return 27
  8. Chapter Two: Romans in Weimar 37
  9. Chapter Three: Overcoming Gnosticism 49
  10. Chapter Four: After Auschwitz, Earth 60
  11. Part Two: The Pantheism Controversy
  12. Introduction 67
  13. Chapter Five: Pantheism Revisited 73
  14. Chapter Six: The Pantheism Controversy 93
  15. Chapter Seven: From God to Nature 111
  16. Chapter Eight: Natural Right and Judaism 127
  17. Part Three: Redemption through Sin
  18. Introduction 135
  19. Chapter Nine: Redemption through Sin 139
  20. Chapter Ten: Jewish Gnosticism 146
  21. Chapter Eleven: Raising Pantheism 161
  22. Chapter Twelve: From Nihilism to Nothingness 172
  23. Chapter Thirteen: Scholem’s Golem 191
  24. Epilogue 201
  25. Notes 205
  26. Index 245
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