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Work #733 · Mid

The Star of Redemption

Franz Rosenzweig
1918-19 (composed in trenches); 1921 (published) · German
Systematic theological-philosophical treatise · German-Jewish philosophy / dialogical philosophy

Rosenzweig's 1921 systematic Jewish theology of creation, revelation, redemption — the new thinking

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Attribute The Star of Redemption (Mid)
Time · Extent Infinite
Time · Ontological Status Substantival
Time · Grain Continuous
Time · Freedom Non-Deterministic
Time · Traversability Linear
Time · Dimensionality One
Time · Direction Uni-directional
Space · Extent Infinite
Space · Ontological Status Substantival
Space · Curvature Flat
Space · Dimensionality Three
Space · Locality Local
Matter · Extent Infinite
Matter · Ontological Status Substantival
Matter · Conservation Conserved
Matter · Dimensionality Three
Matter · Locality Local
Observer · Time Instance Single
Observer · Space Instance Single
Observer · Knowledge Extent Partial
Observer · Knowledge Retainment Total
Observer · Physicality Embodied
Observer · Agency Both
Observer · Number Plural
Observer · Metaphysical Agency Theistic
Observer · Moral Authority Scripture
Observer · Theological Method
Energy · Extent Infinite
Energy · Ontological Status Substantival
Energy · Conservation Conserved
Energy · Dispersibility Irreversible
Information · Ontological Status Substantival
Information · Cosmic Conservation Conserved
Information · Personal Conservation Conserved
Information · Granularity Continuous

Dimension-by-Dimension Evidence

What each work's passages reveal about its stance on each of the six dimensions.

Time

The Star of Redemption

Creation, revelation, redemption — the three times of God-World-Human.

Space

The Star of Redemption

The space of dialogical encounter.

Matter

The Star of Redemption

The finite embodied human.

Observer

The Star of Redemption

The dialogical I before God.

Energy

The Star of Redemption

Energies of revelation and love.

Information

The Star of Redemption

Revelation as God's self-communication.

Internal Tensions

Where each work's argument pulls against itself.

The Star of Redemption

Rosenzweig's Star of Redemption: foundational for Buber, Levinas, and twentieth-century dialogical Jewish philosophy.