Moses Mendelssohn's Hebrew Writings
German Jewish philosopher Moses Mendelssohn (1729-1786) was one of the most influential thinkers of the Enlightenment. Until now, attention was focused on Mendelssohn's German works-such as his groundbreaking Jerusalem-which have been duly translated into English. Edward Breuer and David Sorkin assert that his Hebrew works are essential for understanding both his biography and his oeuvre. This volume offers expertly translated and generously annotated selections from the entire corpus of Mendel…
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- Full title :Moses Mendelssohn's Hebrew Writings / translated by Edward Breuer ; introduced and annotated by Edward Breuer and David Sorkin.
Summary
German Jewish philosopher Moses Mendelssohn (1729-1786) was one of the most influential thinkers of the Enlightenment. Until now, attention was focused on Mendelssohn's German works-such as his groundbreaking Jerusalem-which have been duly translated into English. Edward Breuer and David Sorkin assert that his Hebrew works are essential for understanding both his biography and his oeuvre. This volume offers expertly translated and generously annotated selections from the entire corpus of Mendelssohn's published Hebrew writings. Mendelssohn wrote in Hebrew throughout his life, but these works-mainly grounded in biblical and other Hebrew classical works-have been hitherto inaccessible to most scholars. In this volume, Breuer and Sorkin make an important contribution to modern Jewish and religious thought, refuting the notion that Mendelssohn led a bifurcated intellectual and spiritual existence and demonstrating Mendelssohn's ability to transform traditional religious genres into vehicles for philosophical argumentation.
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- Publication Date:2018
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Yale University Press
- Place of Publication:New Haven
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2018
The Physical Object
- Description:1 online resource
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9780300235500, 030023550X, 030022902X, 9780300229028
- oclc:on1035556498
- LC Classification:B2690.E5
- Dewey Decimal:193
Table of Contents
Cover; Half Title; Title; Copyright; CONTENTS; TRANSLATOR'S ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; GENERAL NOTES TO THE TRANSLATION; LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS; INTRODUCTION: THE MENDELSSOHN MYTH AND THE ASYMMETRICAL RECEPTION OF THE HEBREW WRITINGS; I. QOHELET MUSAR / PREACHER OF MORALS; EDITORS' INTRODUCTION; SELECTIONS; II. BE'UR MILLOT HA-HIGGAYON / COMMENTARY ON THE TREATISE ON LOGICAL TERMS; EDITORS' INTRODUCTION; SELECTIONS; III. MEGILLAT QOHELET / COMMENTARY ON ECCLESIASTES; EDITORS' INTRODUCTION; SELECTIONS; IV. SEFER NETIVOT HA-SHALOM / THE PATHS OF PEACE; EDITORS' INTRODUCTION.
OR LI-NETIVAH / A LIGHT FOR THE PATH: A GENERAL INTRODUCTION TO ALL FIVE BOOKS [OF THE PENTATEUCH]SELECTIONS FROM GENESIS; SELECTIONS FROM EXODUS; SELECTIONS FROM LEVITICUS, NUMBERS, AND DEUTERONOMY; ADDITIONAL BIBLIOGRAPHY; GLOSSARY; A; B; C; E; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; R; S; T; W; Y; Z; GENERAL INDEX; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z; INDEX OF SOURCES.
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