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- catalog abstract "Moses Mendelssohn (1729-1786) was the premier Jewish thinker of his day who was recognized, in the phrase "from Moses unto Moses there was none like Moses," as the legitimate successor to the medieval Moses Maimonides. At the same time, Mendelssohn was one of the best-known figures of the German Enlightenment, earning the sobriquet "the Socrates of Berlin." Because of his eminence in both spheres, Mendelssohn has been treated as a symbol of the modern Jewish predicament: the conflict between Jewish tradition and secular culture. Moses Mendelssohn and the Religious Enlightenment presents a new interpretation of Mendelssohn's work. David Sorkin offers a close study of Mendelssohn's complete writings, treating the German and the often neglected Hebrew writings as a single corpus. By showing that Mendelssohn's well-known German pronouncements on Judaism and religion take on a different meaning when they are read in the context of his entire body of work, Sorkin argues that Mendelssohn's two spheres of endeavor were entirely consistent.".
- catalog contributor b9052609.
- catalog coverage "Germany Ethnic relations.".
- catalog created "c1996.".
- catalog date "1996".
- catalog date "c1996.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1996.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 205-206) and index.".
- catalog description "Moses Mendelssohn (1729-1786) was the premier Jewish thinker of his day who was recognized, in the phrase "from Moses unto Moses there was none like Moses," as the legitimate successor to the medieval Moses Maimonides. At the same time, Mendelssohn was one of the best-known figures of the German Enlightenment, earning the sobriquet "the Socrates of Berlin." Because of his eminence in both spheres, Mendelssohn has been treated as a symbol of the modern Jewish predicament: the conflict between Jewish tradition and secular culture. Moses Mendelssohn and the Religious Enlightenment presents a new interpretation of Mendelssohn's work. David Sorkin offers a close study of Mendelssohn's complete writings, treating the German and the often neglected Hebrew writings as a single corpus. By showing that Mendelssohn's well-known German pronouncements on Judaism and religion take on a different meaning when they are read in the context of his entire body of work, Sorkin argues that Mendelssohn's two spheres of endeavor were entirely consistent.".
- catalog description "PART ONE: PHILOSOPHY: Foundations -- Early works -- A golden bridge -- PART TWO: EXEGESIS: Ecclesiastes -- Psalms -- The Pentateuch -- PART THREE: POLITICS: Intervention -- Rights -- Credo -- CONCLUSION.".
- catalog extent "xxv, 214 p. ;".
- catalog identifier "0520202619 (cloth : alk. paper)".
- catalog issued "1996".
- catalog issued "c1996.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Berkeley, Calif. : University of California Press,".
- catalog spatial "Germany Ethnic relations.".
- catalog spatial "Germany.".
- catalog subject "296.3/092 20".
- catalog subject "BM194 .S67 1996".
- catalog subject "Bible. Old Testament Criticism, interpretation, etc., Jewish.".
- catalog subject "Haskalah Germany.".
- catalog subject "Jews Emancipation Germany.".
- catalog subject "Mendelssohn, Moses, 1729-1786.".
- catalog tableOfContents "PART ONE: PHILOSOPHY: Foundations -- Early works -- A golden bridge -- PART TWO: EXEGESIS: Ecclesiastes -- Psalms -- The Pentateuch -- PART THREE: POLITICS: Intervention -- Rights -- Credo -- CONCLUSION.".
- catalog title "Moses Mendelssohn and the religious enlightenment / David Sorkin.".
- catalog type "text".