Editing Jewish philosophy (section)

=== Jewish existentialism ===
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A major trend in the timeline of modern Jewish philosophy was the attempt to develop a theory of Judaism based on [[existentialism]]. Among the early Jewish existentialist philosophers was [[Lev Shestov]] (born Jehuda Leib Schwarzmann), a Russian-Jewish philosopher. Another of the most influential Jewish existentialists in the first half of the 20th century was [[Franz Rosenzweig]]. While researching his doctoral dissertation on the 19th-century German philosopher [[Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel]], Rosenzweig reacted against Hegel's idealism and developed an existential approach. For a time, Rosenzweig considered conversion to Christianity, but in 1913, he turned to Jewish philosophy. He became a philosopher and student of [[Hermann Cohen]]. Rosenzweig's major work, ''Star of Redemption'', expounded his philosophy, portraying the relationships between God, humanity, and the world as they are connected by creation, revelation, and redemption. Orthodox rabbi [[Joseph Soloveitchik]], and Conservative rabbis [[Neil Gillman]] and [[Elliot N. Dorff]], have also been described as existentialists.{{citation needed|date=May 2020}}

French philosopher and [[Talmudic]] commentator [[Emmanuel Levinas]], whose approach grew out of the [[Phenomenology (philosophy)|phenomenological]] tradition in philosophy, has also been described as a Jewish existentialist.<ref>Benjamin A. Wurgaft, [http://www.myjewishlearning.com/beliefs/Theology/Thinkers_and_Thought/Jewish_Philosophy/Philosophies/Modern/Emmanuel_Levinas.shtml Emmanuel Levinas] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150326111249/http://www.myjewishlearning.com/beliefs/Theology/Thinkers_and_Thought/Jewish_Philosophy/Philosophies/Modern/Emmanuel_Levinas.shtml |date=2015-03-26 }}, myjewishlearning.com.</ref>