02310nam 2200493 450 991046641790332120200520144314.01-78962-330-81-909821-18-7(CKB)3830000000059905(MiAaPQ)EBC5485061(UkCbUP)CR9781909821187(Au-PeEL)EBL5485061(OCoLC)1048794187(StDuBDS)EDZ0002315524(EXLCZ)99383000000005990520200724e20201973 fy| 0engurcnu||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierMoses Mendelssohn a biographical study /Alexander Altmann[electronic resource]Oxford :The Littman Library of Jewish Civilization,2020.1 online resource (910 pages)Liverpool scholarship onlinePreviously issued in print: 1973.1-874774-53-6 0-19-710015-5 This acclaimed, wide-ranging biography of Moses Mendelssohn (1729-96) was first published in 1973, but its stature as the definitive biography remains unquestioned. Moses Mendelssohn came to be recognized as the inaugurator of a new phase in Jewish history. His life was a kaleidoscope of the European intellectual scene, Jewish and non-Jewish. As both a prominent philosopher and a believing Jew, Mendelssohn became a spokesman for the Jews and Judaism. What was Mendelssohn's Judaism like? To what extent did the disparate worlds of Judaism and modern Enlightenment jostle each other in his mind and to what degree could he harmonize them? These questions are not easily answered, and it is only in the aggregate of a multitude of accounts of experiences, reaction, and statements on his part that the answer is to be found.Liverpool scholarship online.PhilosophersGermanyBiographyJewsGermanyBiographyEuropeIntellectual life18th centuryPhilosophersJews193Altmann Alexander1906-1987,152553StDuBDSStDuBDSBOOK9910466417903321Moses Mendelssohn1197601UNINA