‘Comprehended history’: Hegelian and Judaic conceptions of the embodiment of exile
This paper explores the structural similarities between Hegel’s conception of spirit and the Jewish medieval text, the Zohar’s, figuration of Shekhinah. The formal logic of spirit’s self-actualization is historically exemplified by Shekhinah in her existence as divinity’s indwelling presence in the...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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2023
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International journal of philosophy and theology
Year: 2023, Volume: 84, Issue: 3/4, Pages: 255-274 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Hegel, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich 1770-1831
/ Zohar
/ Shekina
/ Spirit
/ Philosophy of history
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| IxTheo Classification: | BH Judaism KAH Church history 1648-1913; modern history NBC Doctrine of God NBG Pneumatology; Holy Spirit NBQ Eschatology VA Philosophy |
| Further subjects: | B
Hegel’s phenomenology
B Judaism B Shekhinah B Aesthetics B Zohar B Spirit |
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| Summary: | This paper explores the structural similarities between Hegel’s conception of spirit and the Jewish medieval text, the Zohar’s, figuration of Shekhinah. The formal logic of spirit’s self-actualization is historically exemplified by Shekhinah in her existence as divinity’s indwelling presence in the world and her mythic embodiment of Jewish history. This study reads Shekhinah’s journey towards union with God as analogous to spirit’s passage towards absolute knowledge, a passage which concludes with what is often referred to as spirit’s ‘return to its elf.’ Contrary to some popular interpretations of Hegel, spirit’s return is an iterative, tautological return to itself as differentiated in itself. The discussion concludes with the claim that Shekhinah’s eschatological journey towards harmonious reunion with God occurs through a proleptic movement in which biblical past and prophesied future, or the Jews’s historically first and theoretically final redemption from exile, coalesce in a here and now in a similarly iterative manner which precludes it from a determinate, apocalyptic end. |
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| ISSN: | 2169-2335 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: International journal of philosophy and theology
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1080/21692327.2023.2301598 |