Ninety-Two Poems and Hymns of Yehuda Halevi

Through translation and commentary, this book presents the final visionary statements of the German-Jewish philosopher Franz Rosenzweig.

Table of Contents:
Editor's Note Introduction: Rosenzweig's Rebbe Halevi: From the Academy to the Yeshiva Richard A. Cohen Poetry Translator's Note Gilya Gerda Schmidt Commentary Translator's Note Eva Jospe Preface Franz Rosenzweig God 1. Praised! 2. The All-Powerful One 3. Longing 4. At Night 5. Event 6. Excursus: Day of Revelation*** 7. All My Bones 8. The Incomparable One 9. None but You 10. The Lovers* 11. Judgment Day 12. Homecoming* 13. Hear* 14. The True One 15. Your God* 16. His Peace 17. The All 18. The Remote-and-Near-One 19. The Name* 20. Hallowed 21. Your Dwellings* 22. The God of the Spirits* 23. Holy* 24. The Helper Soul 25. Here I Am 26. Soul 27. Soul in Exile 28. With You 29. Prayer 30. Human Weakness* 31. Return 32. The Reward 33. This Soul Here 34. Delusion and Truth* 35. The World as Woman* 36. Wise Teachings 37. Servants* 38. World 39. The Sick Physician 40. To the Sabbath 41. Free* 42. Sabbath Morning* 43. Life* 44. The Day 45. Turn Back! Turn Back! 46. The Ascent* 47. Breath of All Life People 48. In Eternity 49. God Speaks 50. Festival of Lights 51. Morning Service 52. Light 53. Conquered Darkness 54. The Day at the Sea of Reeds* 55. My King* 56. Out of My Straits 57. To the Redeemer* 58. Excursus: A Linguistic Stunt*** 59. Upward Gaze* 60. Maiden Israel's Sabbath* 61. Home 62. Elijah's Miracles* 63. The Jew 64. The Promise* 65. Loving One's Enemies 66. Miracle of Love 67. Irate Love 68. Dream Vision* 69. Faithfulness 70. Consoling Love 71. Finding Each Other Again Zion 72. Up 73. Glad Tidings 74. Calculating Salvation* 75. In the Sanctuary 76. Carpets of Solomon 77. Nocturnal Tear 78. The City on High 79. Between East and West 80. Reply 81. The Pilgrim 82. All of This Means Little* 83. A Compelling Force 84. Supplication 85. The Flood 86. Excursus: Storm** 87. Spoken to the Heart* 88. Calm after the Storm (Fragment) 89. To the West Wind* 90. In the Harbor* 91. On Egyptian Soil* 92. The River (1924 title: "Up the Nile") 93. Hither ... * 94. Presentiment* 95. To Zion [also known as "Zionide"] Selected Bibliography Index of Introductions and Commentaries

About the Author :
Richard A. Cohen, Isaac Swift Distinguished Professor of Judaic Studies, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, is editor of Face to Face with Levinas, also published by SUNY Press, author of Elevations: The Height of the Good in Rosenzweig and Levinas and translator of four books by Emmanuel Levinas: Ethics and Infinity, Time and the Other, Discovering Existence with Husserl, and New Talmudic Readings.

Review :
"Libraries boasting a strong Judaica collection should add this intellectual delight." - Library Journal "The translation into English is fluid and lively, and it will provide easy access to a rather difficult poet. Those who read Halevi in the original Hebrew may not be offered such a joyful opportunity. The commentaries are concise and to the point, and they provide sources and historical information that add substance to the text. To read Halevi through Rosenzweig's lenses is a rare double treat for the contemporary Jewish intellectual in search of meaningful materials on God, Zion, Soul, etc." - Esther Fuchs, author of Israeli Mythogynies: Women in Contemporary Hebrew Fiction