ABSTRACT
Many regard the theology of Franz Rosenzweig as an attempt to set Jewish identity within a larger framework of rational philosophy. I tend to agree with that. Nevertheless, I consider the core of Rosenzweig’s thought to be more mythical than rational. The “philosophical” framework is not very convincing (philosophically) to a critical eye,1 but it is also a sort of diversion from the real character of Rosenzweig’s project, which is mythical. He himself admitted Schelling’s great influence upon him, and he meant the late Schelling – the Schelling who turned away from philosophy toward myth.2
