ISBN:
9789047410393
,
9789004152656
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource
Year of publication:
2006
Series Statement:
Studies in Jewish History and Culture 13
Series Statement:
Brill Book Archive Part 1, ISBN: 9789004472495
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Redefining Judaism in an Age of Emancipation : Comparative Perspectives on Samuel Holdheim (1806-1860)
Keywords:
Emancipation of Jews History 19th Century
;
Reform Judaism History 19th century
;
Reform Judaism
Abstract:
Based on a comparative and interdisciplinary approach, this volume for the first time interprets the biography and philosophy of the German Jewish thinker Samuel Holdheim (1806-1860), shedding new light on a neglected phenomenon of nineteenth century Jewish intellectual history - the radical Reform Movement that started in Germany and culminated in the American Jewish Reform ideology. Leading scholars of modern Jewish history and thought from Germany, France, Belgium and the United States present a thorough reading of Holdheim's influential writings in the broader context of the debates within German Jewry about the modernization of Jewish identity in an age of political emancipation and cultural integration, including such controversial issues as the authority of the rabbinical tradition or the re-interpretation of the ceremonial laws
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
DOI:
10.1163/9789047410393
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