The Fruit of Our Lips
The Transformation of God’s Word into the Speech of Mankind
- Theology
- Publisher: Wipf and Stock
- Published: 2021
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Publisher's Description
In the three essays included in this new edition of The Fruit of Our Lips, Eugen Rosenstock-Huessy made his clearest and most concise presentation of his understanding of the Christian tradition and the creative power of the spoken word proclaimed at the beginning of Genesis, and hence at the heart of the Jewish and the Christian faiths. Two of the three essays have never appeared in English before. All three root in and contribute to the author's ongoing dialogue with his friend Franz Rosenzweig and show the mutuality of the two men's thinking, for all their differences. Reading the material in the appendices in tandem with the three main essays provides a unique overview of the interpenetration of Rosenstock-Huessy's work on faith and his work on speech.
Endorsements (4)
“Since Irenaeus, Christian thinkers have tried to explain why there are four Gospels, rather than one. No one has answered this question with as much panache as Eugen Rosenstock-Huessy, who draws on his vast learning and aphoristic wisdom to show how the Gospels form a unified four-movement symphony that recapitulates and perfects ancient forms of social life. Once you have read Rosenstock, the Gospels will never look quite the same again.”
“Few have had such a profound understanding of speech and time, the birth and death of institutions, and war and peace, as Eugen Rosenstock-Huessy. And few have better penetrated the historical, global, and social significance of Christianity. Rosenstock-Huessy’s The Fruit of Our Lips is not only a profound reflection on Christianity, but also a startling and original exploration of its powers.”
“The relationship between Christians and Jews has had few moments as dramatic and significant as the encounter between Eugen Rosenstock-Huessy and Franz Rosenzweig, two of the greatest religious thinkers of the twentieth century. This extraordinary collection of articles illuminates the intensity of their relationship and will inspire us to forge new paths of mutuality in our multireligious world.”
“Eugen Rosenstock-Huessy (1888–1973) was a remarkable thinker. The publication of his The Fruit of Our Lips is a major publishing event. . . . Here you will encounter an understanding of the gospel unlike any you’ve ever encountered before. Here ERH tells us that ‘Man is God’s poem’ and ‘the four Gospels the new process of speech, universal and human at once.’ Don’t miss it.”
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