_Leading figures in Heidegger scholarship critically reflect on the dominant topics of Heidegger's thought during the 1930s._.

"It is a real joy to be guided by Francoise Dastur in a reading of Heidegger's Being and Time, one of the greatest books of this century. With an exceptional competence, rigorous analysis, and a great clarity of expression, she first undertakes to reconstruct the very meaning of the ontological question for which the investigation of temporality provides a preliminary answer." --Paul Ricoeur.

"In 12 excellent essays by scholars East and West, this collection explores the many dimensions of Heidegger's relation to Eastern thinking. Because of the quality of the contributions, the eminence of the many contributors. this volume must be considered an indispensable reference on the subject. Highly recommended." --Choice.

The view widely accepted among theologians that Greeks and Hebrews held different conceptions of time is based upon the absence in Hebrew of a future tense and a specific word for time, and upon the claim that the Greeks conceived time as a cycle, the Hebrews as a line. None of these alleged evidences can survive examination. Moreover, whatever Greek philosophers thought about cyclical time, that view cannot be found in the historians. The real differences between Old Testament and Greek (...) historiography lie in differing attitudes toward the continuity of events, kinds of evidence, the significance of remembering the past, and the relation of history and prophecy. (shrink)

"A magisterial accomplishment that will be the standard in this field for years to come."--John D. Caputo, Villanova University "Outstanding, entirely original, absolutely groundbreaking.... It is quite simply the best account to date--and the best we can expect for decades in the future--of the philosophical development of Heidegger's early thought."--Thomas Sheehan, Loyola University "A magisterial accomplishment that will be the standard in this field for years to come."--John D. Caputo, Villanova University.

Theodore Kisiel's outstanding translation premits English-speaking readers to appreciate the central importance of this text in the development of Heidegger's thought.

As an early articulation of Heidegger's thought, this book is an indispensable resource for scholars and students."--BOOK JACKET.

A new, definitive translation of Heidegger's most important work.