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Jewish existentialism is a category of work by Jewish authors dealing with existentialist themes and concepts (e.g. debate about the existence of God and the meaning of human existence), and intended to answer theological questions that are important in Judaism. The existential angst of Job is an example from the Hebrew Bible of the existentialist theme. Theodicy and post-Holocaust theology make up a large part of 20th century Jewish existentialism.

Examples of Jewish thinkers and philosophers whose works include existentialist themes are Martin Buber, Joseph B. Soloveitchik, Lev Shestov, Benjamin Fondane, Franz Kafka, Franz Rosenzweig, Hans Jonas, Emmanuel Levinas, Hannah Arendt, Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel, and Emil Fackenheim.

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Jewish existentialism

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Jewish existentialism is a category of work by Jewish authors dealing with existentialist themes and concepts (e.g. debate about the existence of God...

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Christian existentialism

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Christian existentialism is a theo-philosophical movement which takes an existentialist approach to Christian theology. The school of thought is often...

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Atheistic existentialism

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Atheistic existentialism is a kind of existentialism which strongly diverged from the Christian existential works of Søren Kierkegaard and developed within...

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Existentialism

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Existentialism is a form of philosophical inquiry that explores the issue of human existence. Existentialist philosophers explore questions related to...

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Jewish philosophy

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philosophy Jewish culture Jewish denominations Jewish ethics Jewish existentialism Jewish feminism Jewish folklore Jewish history Jewish literature Jewish mysticism...

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Reform Judaism

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challenged and questioned. It was gradually replaced, mainly by the Jewish existentialism of Martin Buber and Franz Rosenzweig, centered on a complex, personal...

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Jewish mysticism

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Academic study of Jewish mysticism, especially since Gershom Scholem's Major Trends in Jewish Mysticism (1941), draws distinctions between different forms...

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Benjamin Fondane

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opposed to its communist leanings, he moved on to become a figure in Jewish existentialism and a leading disciple of Lev Shestov. His critique of political...

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Existence precedes essence

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essence (French: l'existence précède l'essence) is a central claim of existentialism, which reverses the traditional philosophical view that the essence...

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Feminist existentialism

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and defending equal political, economic, and social rights for women. Existentialism is a philosophical and cultural movement which holds that the starting...

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Emmanuel Levinas

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French philosopher of Lithuanian Jewish ancestry who is known for his work within Jewish philosophy, existentialism, and phenomenology, focusing on the...

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Black existentialism

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Black existentialism or Africana critical theory is a school of thought that "critiques domination and affirms the empowerment of Black people in the world"...

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Martin Buber

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13, 1965) was an Austrian-Jewish and Israeli philosopher best known for his philosophy of dialogue, a form of existentialism centered on the distinction...

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Western philosophy

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"philosophical faith"). The Jewish philosophers Martin Buber and Lev Shestov have also been associated with existentialism. Geuss, R. The Idea of a Critical...

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Hasidic philosophy

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dynasties and a major traditionalist theologian in 20th century modern Jewish existentialism, drew from Hasidism. His writings, including studies of Hasidic...

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Absurdism

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Its basic outlook is inspired by existentialist philosophy. However, existentialism includes additional theoretical commitments and often takes a more optimistic...

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Hillel Zeitlin

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a Ashkenazi Yiddish and Hebrew writer and poet. A leading pre-Holocaust Jewish journalist, he was a regular contributor to the Yiddish newspaper Moment...

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Jonathan Judaken

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helped to drive his career interest in subjects such as existentialism, racism and the so-called Jewish Question. After immigrating to the United States as...

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List of philosophies

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Capitalism - Chance, Philosophy of - Chinese philosophy - Christian existentialism - Christian humanism - Christian philosophy - Cognitivism - Color, philosophy...

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Ruth Gerson

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was a student at the High School of Performing Arts and studied Jewish existentialism at Princeton University, graduating magna cum laude. She began a...

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Continental philosophy

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inquiry. Continental philosophy includes German idealism, phenomenology, existentialism (and its antecedents, such as the thought of Kierkegaard and Nietzsche)...

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Contemporary philosophy

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(1987). From Hegel to Existentialism. Oxford University Press. p. 238. ISBN 978-0-19-506182-6. Robert C. Solomon, Existentialism (McGraw-Hill, 1974, pp...

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Poor Dionis

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later by M. Schroff's version. Even after discarding Symbolism for Jewish existentialism, Fondane was an avid reader of Poor Dionis. By 1929, he had taken...

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