"Part One includes selections from the three major controversies of Mendelssohn's life, all of which involved polemical encounters with Christian thinkers. Part Two presents selections from Mendelssohn's writings on the Bible. Part Three offers texts that illuminate Mendelssohn'…
An English translation of key works, many never before translated, by Moses Mendelssohn, the founder of modern Jewish philosophy.
Cover -- Contents -- Translations and Abbreviations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. The "Living Script": Jerusalem's Perplexing Arguments -- 2. Conceptual Disfiguring: Jewish Practice and Philosophical History -- 3. The Felicity of the Nation: Jewish Practice and Social…
Moses Mendelssohn (1729'1786) is often described as the founder of modern Jewish thought and as a leading philosopher of the late Enlightenment. One of Mendelssohn's main concerns was how to conceive of the relationship between Judaism, philosophy, and the civic life of a modern…
Moses Mendelssohn (1729?1786) is often described as the founder of modern Jewish thought and as a leading philosopher of the late Enlightenment. One of Mendelssohn's main concerns was how to conceive of the relationship between Judaism, philosophy, and the civic life of a modern…
Moses Mendelssohn (1729'1786) is often described as the founder of modern Jewish thought and as a leading philosopher of the late Enlightenment. One of Mendelssohn's main concerns was how to conceive of the relationship between Judaism, philosophy, and the civic life of a modern…