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Record Nr.

UNINA9910461777103321

Autore

Freudenthal Gideon

Titolo

No religion without idolatry [[electronic resource] ] : Mendelssohn's Jewish Enlightenment / / Gideon Freudenthal

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Notre Dame, Ind., : University of Notre Dame Press, c2012

ISBN

0-268-07975-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (346 p.)

Disciplina

296.3092

Soggetti

Judaism and philosophy

Jewish philosophy

Faith and reason - Judaism

Haskalah

Idolatry

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Mendelssohn: common sense, rational metaphysics, and skepticism -- Salomon Maimon: the radical alternative to Mendelssohn -- The truth of religion -- The language of action in biblical times -- Idolatry: Egyptian and Jewish -- The "ceremonial law" of Judaism: transitory hieroglyphics -- Idolatry in contemporary Judaism -- Philosophy of enlightened Judaism -- Conclusion -- Appendix -- Mirror images: Moses Mendelssohn and Alexander Altmann -- Mendelssohn's messianic allusions -- The title Jerusalem.