Hebrew thought compared with Greek
224 pages ; 23 cm.
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Introduction: The problem: Dynamic and static thinking: Dynamic thinking
Static being
Non-being
The word
Collective concepts and ideas
Impression and appearance: The impression of buildings
The impression of men
The impression of things
The impression of God
Excursus: Jewish pictorial art in the Diaspora
Appearance in Greek thinking
Time and space: The Greek-European conception of time
The Israelite conception of time
Space
Quantity and number: Spatially quantitative and dynamically qualitative quantities
History and nature
Symbolism and instrumentalism: The Hebrew conception of the thing
The Greek conception of the thing
The transparence of God
Logical thinking and psychological understanding: Logic and psychology
The warrant for the two viewpoints
The independence of the Israelite thinker
The formal peculiarity of each kind of thinking
Summary and psychological foundation of the differences
Translation of: Das hebräische Denken im Vergleich mit dem Griechischen (Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 1954)