Rosenzweig and Buber with Dr. Leora Batnitzky

This season of Turn it & Turn it is on the topic of: "Divinity & Humanity"

This lecture compares Martin Buber's emphasis on mutuality in dialogue with Franz Rosenzweig, and Emmanuel Levinas’ philosophies of dialogue.  While Rosenzweig and Levinas share much in common with Buber, they stress the fundamentally asymmetrical nature of our relation to others (we owe others something but they don’t owe us anything) and to God (God commands us; we don’t command God). We will explore the implications of these three philosophers’ ideas for  interreligious dialogue as well as their use of gendered language to make their claims.
Texts: I and Thou, Star of Redemption, Nine Talmudic Readings, Exodus, Song of Songs

This audio was originally recorded on 12/24/2013 as part of Drisha's Winter Week of Learning.