An Arthur A. Cohen Reader: Selected Fiction and Writings on Judaism, Theology, Literature, and Culture - Softcover

Arthur Allen Cohen; Paul Mendes-Flohr; David M. Stern

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0814322816 ISBN 13: 9780814322819

Publisher: Wayne State University Press, 1998

Synopsis

Theologian, novelist, art and literary critic, Arthur A. Cohen (1928-1986) wrote prodigiously and on an enormous range of topics, developing a singular literary presence that imbued all his writing with a distinctive theological sensibility. An Arthur A. Cohen Reader presents Cohen's writings on constructive theology, including the famous essay "Why I Choose to be a Jew"; historical studies of Jewish philosophers Martin Buber and Franz Rosenzweig, post-Holocaust theology, including the original essay that was the basis for his landmark work The Tremendum; literary and art criticism, including brilliant studies of Kafka, Unamuno, Kleist, Sonia Delaunay, and theological analysis of Dada typography; essays on the Jewish imagination and literary tradition; and finally, selections from his fiction, including the short story "The Last Jew on Earth" and the complete novella "Malenov's Revenge."

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Book Description

An Arthur A. Cohen Reader presents Cohen's writings on constructive theology.

About the Author

David Stern is a professor of postbiblical and medieval Hebrew literature at the University of Pennsylvania. He is the author of Midrash and Theory, Parables in Midrash and Rabbinic Fantasies.

Paul Mendes-Flohr is a professor of Jewish thought at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He is coauthor of The Jew in the Modern World, and author of Divided Passions and From Mysticism to Dialogue, both published by Wayne State University Press.

About this edition

• Publisher: Wayne State University Press
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0814322816
• ISBN 13: 9780814322819
• Binding: Paperback