{"product_id":"love-is-strong-as-death-a-biography-of-franz-rosenzweig-9780226843254","title":"Love Is Strong as Death: A Biography of Franz Rosenzweig","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Paul Mendes-Flohr\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: University of Chicago Press\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: University of Chicago Press\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Philosophers\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA brilliant and engaging biography of one of the great modern Jewish thinkers.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Franz Rosenzweig (1886-1929) was one of the central figures of the Jewish cultural and intellectual renaissance in Weimar Germany. His masterwork, \u003ci\u003eThe Star of Redemption\u003c\/i\u003e (1921), is a classic of existential thought and Jewish philosophy, and his considerable legacy also includes his collaboration with Martin Buber on a key translation of the Hebrew Bible into German and the establishment of an education center in Frankfurt that brought together the most important young German-Jewish intellectuals of its time. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Rosenzweig's personal biography is no less fascinating than his ideas and accomplishments. Drawing on unprecedented access to Rosenzweig's unpublished personal correspondence, Paul Mendes-Flohr skillfully weaves together the threads of Rosenzweig's life to give us a moving portrait of this towering figure--from his near-conversion to Christianity to his tragic diagnosis with ALS. Mendes-Flohr also closely explores Rosenzweig's relationship with Margrit Huessy, who was a vital intellectual partner for Rosenzweig, as well as a muse and lover. He worked out many of his ideas about love both in conversation and consort with her, and Mendes-Flohr shows the importance of intimacy--both romantic and platonic--in the development of Rosenzweig's thought. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eLove Is Strong as Death\u003c\/i\u003e provides a unique and insightful look at one of the most important modern Jewish thinkers.","brand":"University of Chicago Press","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47775996936343,"sku":"9780226843254","price":2269.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780226843254.webp?v=1777993676","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/love-is-strong-as-death-a-biography-of-franz-rosenzweig-9780226843254","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}