Moses, Pollock, and others have noted the highly systematic character of Rosenzweig’s The Star of Redemption. This paper shows that the philosophical theology of the Star embodies ideas central to systems theory.

The Star is based on a discussion of three elements – God, World, and Man – and three relations that they enter into – Creation, Revelation, and Redemption. For Rosenzweig, these elements and relations constitute the “All.”

This hexad illustrates the definition of “system,” and in the Star, other systems ideas, including the ontological vs epistemological perspectives, structure and function, synchronics and diachronics, and the metaphysics of number are also salient.