Dr. Heinz W. Cassirer (9 August 1903 - 20 February 1979) was a Kantian philosopher, the son of a famous German philosopher, Ernst Cassirer. Events 48 BC - Caesar's civil war: Battle of Pharsalus - Julius Caesar decisively defeats Pompey at Pharsalus Year 1903 ( MCMIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar or a Common year starting Events 1472 - Orkney and Shetland are left by Norway to Scotland, due to a Dowry payment Year 1979 ( MCMLXXIX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1979 Gregorian calendar) Ernst Cassirer ( July 28, 1874 &ndash April 13, 1945) was a German Jewish Philosopher. Being Jews, the Cassirer family fled the Nazis in the 1930’s. Heinz went to University of Glasgow working with Professor H. The University of Glasgow (Oilthigh Ghlaschu was founded in 1451 in Glasgow, Scotland and along with its contemporary institutions the University of St Andrews J. Paton, who persuaded him to write a book on Kant's third Critique, the Critique of Judgment. Immanuel Kant (ɪmanuəl kant 22 April 1724 12 February 1804 was an 18th-century German Philosopher from the Prussian city of Königsberg The Critique of Judgement ( Kritik der Urteilskraft, 1790 or in the new Cambridge translation Critique of the Power of Judgement, also known Following Paton, he moved to Oxford, lecturing at Corpus Christi College. Oxford is currently bidding for the 2010 Wikimania Conference Oxford () is a city, and the County town of Oxfordshire, Corpus Christi College is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom.
As a middle-aged adult, reading the New Testament for the first time, Cassirer was struck by the writings of St. Paul in relation to ethics. Ethics is a major branch of Philosophy, encompassing right conduct and good life As he studied, he committed himself to the Christian faith. He produced a translation of the New Testament from the Greek sources, titled God's New Covenant: A New Testament Translation. His own Jewish heritage and knowledge of Jewish customs is said to have given a unique insight into familiar Bible texts. His translation is also noted for its formal language. Below is a sample passage, Matthew 7:24.
- "What, then, is the nature of the person, whoever he may be, who hears these words of mine and acts on them? He is like a man of prudence who built his house on a rock. The rain descended, the floodwaters rose, the winds blew and hurled themselves against that house. But it did not fall because it was on rock that its foundations were laid. "
References
- Chamberlin, William. 1991. Catalogue of English Bible Translations: A Classified Bibliography of Versions and Editions Including Books, Parts, and Old and New Testament Apocrypha. Greenwood Press.
- Paul, William. 2003. English Language Bible Translators. Jefferson, NC: McFarland and Company.
Writings by Heinz Cassirer
- 1989. God's New Covenant: A New Testament Translation. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans.
- 1988. Grace and Law: St. Paul, Kant, and the Hebrew Prophets. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans.
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