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Franz Rosenzweig
弗朗茨•罗森茨威格
Franz Rosenzweig was a prominent German Jewish theologian and philosopher. He was born in Germany in 1886 to a largely unobservant Jewish family. After he decided to begin his religious life as an Orthodox Jew as a first step toward Christianity, a mystical experience inspired him to fully and permanently embrace Orthodox Judaism. He wrote his greatest work, The Star of Redemption, while a soldier in World War I. He opposed Zionism in favor of a German-Jewish culture and spiritual understanding of the Jewish nation. In spite of philosophical and ideological differences, he befriended Martin Buber and the two produced a German translation of the Torah. He also founded the Lehrhaus, a nationally known German-Jewish educational center. His published correspondences with Jewish convert to Christianity Eugen Rosenstock-Huessy are considered critical in the study of modern Jewish-Christian understanding. Rosenzweig died in 1929 of Lou Gehrig’s disease.
弗朗茨•罗森茨威格，德国犹太神学家、哲学家，1886年出生在一个宗教观念淡漠的犹太家庭。他曾考虑和他的朋友尤金•罗森施托克-胡希一起，改信基督教，并且决定效仿那些最早的基督徒，以正统犹太教作为他们宗教生活的开端，然后再渐渐转向基督教。但在经历过一次神秘体验之后，他完全并且永久地信奉了正统犹太教。第一次世界大战期间，罗森茨威格一边当兵，一边写下了他最伟大的作品《救赎之星》。他反对犹太复国主义，支持德国犹太文化。他还与马丁•布伯结为好友，尽管两人在哲学和意识形态上意见相左。他们一起合作将摩西五经（《圣经》旧约首五卷）翻译成德文。罗森茨威格不喜欢传统的说教式教育，创立了对话式风格的犹太教学中心。1929年因患肌肉痿缩性侧索硬化症（俗称渐冻人症）去世。
罗森茨威格是二十世纪最重要的犹太教神学家之一。他的犹太教学中心是魏玛德国最重要的犹太教学中心，并在魏玛共和国时期为德国犹太人提供相互了解的平台。他的老朋友尤金•罗森施托克-胡希改信了基督教，罗森茨威格后来公开发表了他们之间的书信往来，这些通信被视为是研究现代犹太教—基督教关系的重要资料。罗森茨威格反对犹太复国主义，坚信德国犹太人传统文化，更加看重建立犹太国家在精神层面上的意义，而非世俗层面上的意义。在发展独特的现代德国犹太文化方面，无人能与他的作用相提并论。因此一些人将他视为生活在以色列之外、非犹太文化中的当代犹太人楷模。