LEADER 04475nam 2200757 a 450 001 9910788203203321 005 20211024035405.0 010 $a1-283-89045-3 010 $a0-8122-0094-2 024 7 $a10.9783/9780812200942 035 $a(CKB)3240000000064674 035 $a(OCoLC)794925523 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10641585 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000606458 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11376191 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000606458 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10581238 035 $a(PQKB)10438967 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse14347 035 $a(DE-B1597)449043 035 $a(OCoLC)843080144 035 $a(OCoLC)979954150 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780812200942 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3441750 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10641585 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL420295 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3441750 035 $a(EXLCZ)993240000000064674 100 $a20030729d2004 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe Jewish enlightenment$b[electronic resource] /$fShmuel Feiner ; translated by Chaya Naor 210 $aPhiladelphia $cUniversity of Pennsylvania Press$dc2004 215 $a1 online resource (455 p.) 225 0 $aJewish Culture and Contexts 225 0$aJewish culture and contexts 300 $aOriginally published as Ma'apechat ha-neorut, tenuat ha-Haskalah ha-Yehudit ba-mea ha-shmune esre. 311 $a0-8122-2172-9 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [375]-428) and index. 327 $apt. 1. A passion for knowledge -- pt. 2. Jewish Kulturkampf -- pt. 3. The Maskilic republic -- pt. 4. On two fronts. 330 $aAt the beginning of the eighteenth century most European Jews lived in restricted settlements and urban ghettos, isolated from the surrounding dominant Christian cultures not only by law but also by language, custom, and dress. By the end of the century urban, upwardly mobile Jews had shaved their beards and abandoned Yiddish in favor of the languages of the countries in which they lived. They began to participate in secular culture and they embraced rationalism and non-Jewish education as supplements to traditional Talmudic studies. The full participation of Jews in modern Europe and America would be unthinkable without the intellectual and social revolution that was the Haskalah, or Jewish Enlightenment.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. Relying on a huge range of previously unexplored sources, Shmuel Feiner fully views the Haskalah as the Jewish version of the European Enlightenment and, as such, a movement that cannot be isolated from broader eighteenth-century European traditions. Critically, he views the Haskalah as a truly European phenomenon and not one simply centered in Germany. He also shows how the republic of letters in European Jewry provided an avenue of secularization for Jewish society and culture, sowing the seeds of Jewish liberalism and modern ideology and sparking the Orthodox counterreaction that culminated in a clash of cultures within the Jewish community. The Haskalah's confrontations with its opponents within Jewry constitute one of the most fascinating chapters in the history of the dramatic and traumatic encounter between the Jews and modernity.The Haskalah is one of the central topics in modern Jewish historiography. With its scope, erudition, and new analysis, The Jewish Enlightenment now provides the most comprehensive treatment of this major cultural movement. 606 $aJews$xIntellectual life$y18th century 606 $aHaskalah$xHistory$y18th century 606 $aJewish learning and scholarship$xHistory$y18th century 610 $aEuropean History. 610 $aHistory. 610 $aJewish Studies. 610 $aReligion. 610 $aReligious Studies. 610 $aWorld History. 615 0$aJews$xIntellectual life 615 0$aHaskalah$xHistory 615 0$aJewish learning and scholarship$xHistory 676 $a296/.094/09033 700 $aFeiner$b Shmuel$01537710 701 $aNaor$b Chaya$0846998 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910788203203321 996 $aThe Jewish enlightenment$93820742 997 $aUNINA