The Jewish Enlightenment

Shmuel Feiner

Published by University of Pennsylvania Press 2004

The Jewish Enlightenment

Shmuel Feiner
Translated by: Chaya Naor

In the series Jewish Culture and Contexts

https://doi.org/10.9783/9780812200942

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About this book

Unparalleled in scale and comprehensiveness, The Jewish Enlightenment reconstructs the intellectual and social revolution of the Haskalah as it gradually gathered momentum throughout the eighteenth century.

Author / Editor information

Shmuel Feiner is Professor of Jewish History at Bar-Ilan University and author of Haskalah and History: The Emergence of a Modern Jewish Historical Consciousness.

Reviews

"Feiner's work is likely to become the standard book on the Haskalah and thus will become indispensable to scholars of Jewish history, literature, and thought."—David Sorkin, University of Wisconsin

"A major contribution to the historiography of the European Enlightenment."—Times Literary Supplement

"Whatever one's perspective on the Haskalah, The Jewish Enlightenment will both enrich and challenge it."—Jewish Quarterly Review

"Feiner's magnum opus . . . offers a sweeping history of the Haskalah (Jewish Enlightenment) movement in Germany, from its beginning early in the eighteenth century to its demise at the end of that century. . . . The first comprehensive study of the movement in almost a century."—Journal of Modern History

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Preface Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	xi
Introduction: The Jews and the Enlightenment Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
PART I. A Passion for Knowledge
Chapter 1. Intellectual Inferiority: The Affront Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	21
Chapter Two. The Early Haskalah and the Redemption of Knowledge Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	36
Chapter Three. The Secular Author in the Public Arena Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	68
PART II. Jewish Kulturkampf
Chapter Four. The Wessely Affair: Threats and Anxieties Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	87
Chapter Five. Projects of Enlightenment and Tests of Tolerance Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	105
Chapter Six. The Rabbinical Elite on the Defensive Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	139
Chapter Seven. On Religious Power and Judaism Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	163
PART III. The Maskilic Republic
Chapter Eight. The Society of Friends of the Hebrew Language Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	185
Chapter Nine. The Maskilim: A Group Portrait Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	200
Chapter Ten. Euchel Establishes the Haskalah Movement Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	221
Chapter Eleven. The Society for the Promotion of Goodness and Justice Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	243
Chapter Twelve. Growth and Radicalization Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	265
PART IV. On Two Fronts
Chapter Thirteen. Crisis at the Turn of the Century Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	293
Chapter Fourteen. Tensions and Polemics in the Shadow of Crisis Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	321
Chapter Fifteen. On Frivolity and Hypocrisy Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	342
Afterword: Haskalah and Secularization Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	365
Notes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	375
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	429

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Audience: College/higher education;
Pages
- Main content: 456
Keywords: History; Religion; European History; World History; Jewish Studies; Religious Studies

eBook

Published: August 17, 2011
ISBN: 9780812200942