Franz Rosenzweig, one of the century’s great Jewish thinkers, wrote his gem of a book in 1921 as a more accessible précis of his famous Star of Redemption. An elegant introduction to Rosenzweig’s “new thinking,” Understanding the Sick and the Healthy was written for a lay audience and takes the form of an ironic narrative about convalescence. With superb simplicity and beauty, it puts forth an important critique of the nineteenth-century German Idealist philosophical tradition and expresses a powerful vision of Jewish religion. Harvard’s Hilary Putnam provides a new introduction to this classic work for a contemporary audience.
“Today, more than three-quarters of a century after it was written, the critique of philosophy in this book is what makes it of such great interest. Critique of philosophy has been a central theme of twentieth-century philosophy, and many philosophers have attacked some of the targets that Rosenzweig attacked in his little book. Yet this early attack by a profound religious thinker is far more powerful and far more interesting than most.”―From the new Introduction by Hilary Putnam

Understanding the Sick and the Healthy: A View of World, Man, and God

Politics & Social Sciences

Rosenzweig, Franz

Glatzer, Nahum N.

Philosophy

Harvard Univ Pr

In Time and Eternity: A Jewish Reader

Religion & Spirituality

Schocken

A Study and Selected Readings Edited by Nahum N. Glatzer

Dimensions of Job

The ideal Haggadah for the family Seder, including the complete traditional text and illustrations from the earliest printed haggadahs. 24 illustrations.

PASSOVER HAGGADAH

Judaism

Uses passages from Franz Kafka's diaries and letters to illustrate his relationship to the women in his life

The Loves of Franz Kafka

Biographies & Memoirs

Arts & Literature

One hundred prayers from Jewish liturgic literature and hymns of all historical periods and backgrounds express joy in the Creation, trust in and praise to the Creator, and thanksgiving and hope for redemption and peace

Language of Faith

One hundred prayers from Jewish liturgic literature and hymns of all historical periods and backgrounds express joy in the Creation, trust in and praise to the Creator, and thanksgiving and hope for redemption and peace

Modern Jewish Thought: A Source Reader

Uses passages from Franz Kafka's diaries and letters to illustrate his relationship to the women in his life

Loves of Franz Kafka

Literature & Fiction

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Books by Glatzer, Nahum N.

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Understanding the Sick and the Healthy: A View of World, Man, and God

In Time and Eternity: A Jewish Reader

Dimensions of Job

PASSOVER HAGGADAH

The Loves of Franz Kafka

Language of Faith

Language of Faith

Modern Jewish Thought: A Source Reader

Loves of Franz Kafka