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Dr. Ronen Pinkas
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Dr. Ronen Pinkas

Campus Am Neuen Palais / Haus 2, Raum 2.02

E-Mail: pinkasuni-potsdamde
Telefon: +49 (0) -331-977-4325

Wednesday 10:00-11:00, please schedule a meeting in advance.
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Dr. Ronen Pinkas
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Research priorities

- Jewish thought in Germany in the early 20th century

- Jewish philosophy and psychoanalysis; Freud on religion, the early writings of Erich Fromm

- Comparative theology

Dissertation

"Religion und Gesetz im Denken Hermann Cohens und Franz Rosenzweigs, eine philosophische Diskussion im Sog von Freuds Moses“. (Bar Ilan, Ramat Gan, 2013).

Publications

"Franz Rosenzweig’s Attitude Towards the Law and the Mitzvah: The Binding of Isaac as a Psychotheological Case Study", Journal of Ethics in Antiquity and Christianity 6 (2024) [English]: 6-28. Zum Artikel:  https://jeac.de/ojs/index.php/jeac/article/view/1309/1181

"The Forgotten Language of Nontheistic Mysticism: Religious Factors in Erich Fromm’s Humanism", Religion s 15, 5 :531 (2024): 1-29 [English]. Zum Artikel: https://www.mdpi.com/2077-1444/15/5/531

“On prayer and dialectic in modern Jewish philosophy: Hermann Cohen and Franz Rosenzweig,” Religions 14, 8: 996 (2023): 1-28 [English]. To the article: 

ʺThe Unconscious in Rosenzweig’s the Star of Redemption: On a Threshold of a Possible Revelation,” The Journal of Jewish Thought and Philosophy, Vol. 31, Issue 1 (2023): 102-126 [English]. To the article:

"Erich Fromm und Das Freie Jüdische Lehrhaus in Frankfurt", Judaica: Neue digitale Folge 4, Nr. 1 (2023): 1-28 [German]. Zum Artikel: 

"Freud's Moses and Fromm's Freud: Erich Fromm's silence on Freud's Moses - a silence of negation or a silence of consent?", International Journal of Philosophy and Theology (2022): 1-24 [English]. Zum Artikel: 

“Animal rights – Jewish perspectives,” The Turn: Zeitschrift für islamische Philosophie, Theologie und Mystik , Nr. 3 (2021): 65-88 [English]. Zum Artikel: 

"Idolatry", Encyclopedia of Jewish-Christian Relations (EJCR), W. Homolka, K. Ehrensperger, R. Kampling, A. Levine, C. Markschies, P. Schäfer & M. Thurner (eds.), Berlin, Boston: De Gruyter, 2021 [English].

“Der Sabbat” as a point of reference for evaluating Erich Fromm’s approach to Jewish Law: a prelude to Fromm's contribution to modern Jewish thought.” Fromm Forum, vol. 25 (2021): 19-41 [English]. Zum Artikel:

“Softening the rigidity of the law: a psycho-theological study of Rosenzweig’s attitude toward the law and the mitzvah.” Daat: A Journal of Jewish Philosophy and Kabbalah, vol. 89 (2020): 493-517 [Hebrew].

“Reason and the future of historical consciousness: Examining a possible influence of Hermann Cohen on Erich Fromm.” Archivio di Filosofia, vol. LXXXVII, 1 (2020): 149-161 [English].

“Correlation and Orientation: Erich Fromm’s Position on Religion in Light of Hermann Cohen and Franz Rosenzweig.” Daat: A Journal of Jewish Philosophy and Kabbalah, vol. 85 (2018): VII-XXXV [English].

“Between the Jordan River and the Ganges: On Karma and the Biblical Principle Measure for Measure: A Discussion on the Premises of A Comparative Theological Encounter.” Daat: A Journal of Jewish Philosophy and Kabbalah, vol. 84 (2017): 443-474 [Hebrew].

Podcast in: Landeszentrale für politische Bildung Thüringen:
"Der Erfurter Leuchter - Lebenszeichen aus den „Katakomben“ der Altstadt" - 17.02.21   Link: https://www.lztthueringen.de/publikationen/podcast/

Edited Books:

Theism in the Language of Humanism: Reincarnations of the Transcendent God in the Secular Subject. with Elad Lapidot (eds.), Basel: MDPI publishers, 2024 [English]. Link zum Buch: https://www.mdpi.com/books/reprint/9766-theism-in-the-language-of-humanism-reincarnations-of-the-transcendent-god-in-the-secular-subject