Abstract
Leo Strauss's grand theme, the theological-political problem, has its basis in the predicament of being a philosopher in a political society. As a Jew and a philosopher, Strauss also faced the entanglement of Judaism and German philosophy culminating in Heidegger's historicism. These related challenges prompted Strauss's recognition of the first steps for philosophy in a global epoch. Strauss reinterpreted Heidegger's religious anticipation of a "meeting of East and West" as a philosophical re-encounter with the Bible as "the East within us." Whereas the Bible challenges the rationality of the philosophical way of life, this "Bible as Eastern" challenges rationalism itself.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 233-253 |
Number of pages | 21 |
Journal | Journal of Jewish Thought and Philosophy |
Volume | 26 |
Issue number | 2 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2018 |
Keywords
- Bible
- Biblical tradition
- Historicism
- Leo Strauss
- Martin Heidegger
- Quid sit deus
- Theologico-political problem