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From Sister-Wife to Brother-Neighbor: Rosenzweig Reads the Song of Songs

In: The Journal of Jewish Thought and Philosophy
Author:
Andrea Dara Cooper University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chapel Hill, North Carolina USA

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16 Sep 2020
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Abstract

This paper investigates a sibling metaphor central to Rosenzweig’s reading of the Song of Songs in The Star of Redemption, in which the lovers yearn to be united in societal fraternity. His interpretation is marked by fraternal tropes and the subsequent effacement of gender. Rosenzweig transposes the erotic energy in the Song from a celebration of difference to a longing for sameness, a move that has exegetical, philosophical, and theological implications. Ultimately, the erotic sphere of revelation is surpassed by neighborly “brotherliness” in communal redemption.

Title:
From Sister-Wife to Brother-Neighbor: Rosenzweig Reads the Song of Songs
Article Type:
Research Article
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1163/1477285X-12341310
Language:
English
Pages:
228–258
Keywords:
Rosenzweig; Song of Songs; siblings; fraternity; eros; gender; metaphor; community
In:
The Journal of Jewish Thought and Philosophy
In:
Volume 28: Issue 2
Publisher:
Brill
E-ISSN:
1477-285X
Print ISSN:
1053-699X
Subjects:
Philosophy of Religion, Philosophy, Philosophy, Theology & Science, Jewish Studies, Philosophy of Religion, Theology and World Christianity

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