LEADER 05476nam 2200757Ia 450 001 9910807490703321 005 20240418023407.0 010 $a1-283-89047-X 010 $a0-8122-0189-2 024 7 $a10.9783/9780812201895 035 $a(CKB)3170000000047027 035 $a(OCoLC)794925530 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10576123 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000606014 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11381849 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000606014 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10581224 035 $a(PQKB)11586432 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse8260 035 $a(DE-B1597)449044 035 $a(OCoLC)979778769 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780812201895 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3441682 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10576123 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL420297 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3441682 035 $a(EXLCZ)993170000000047027 100 $a20100701d2010 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe origins of Jewish secularization in eighteenth-century Europe$b[electronic resource] /$fShmuel Feiner ; translated by Chaya Naor 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aPhiladelphia $cUniversity of Pennsylvania Press$dc2010 215 $a1 online resource (347 p.) 225 1 $aJewish culture and contexts 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a0-8122-4273-4 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFront matter --$tContents --$tPreface --$tIntroduction Sins and Doubts --$tPART I. Liberty and Heresy, 1700-1760 --$tChapter 1 Pleasures and Liberation from Religious Supervision --$tChapter 2 Temptations of Fashion and Passion --$tChapter 3 The Mystical Sect: Subversive Sabbateans --$tChapter 4 The Rationalist Sect: Neo-Karaites and Deists --$tPART II. A New World, 1760-80 --$tChapter 5 Providence Is Tested: Secularization on the Rise in the 1760's --$tChapter 6 The Supremacy of Nature: Deists on the Margins --$tChapter 7 The Emergence of the New World --$tPART III. The Overturned World, 1780-90 --$tChapter 8 Scandals and Rebellions --$tChapter 9 Replacing Mosaic Laws with Laws of Freedom --$tPART IV. Anxieties and Confrontations, 1790-1800 --$tChapter 10 On the Decline of Judaism: The Last Decade --$tChapter 11 Soon Our Faith Will Be Lost: Deists and Believers --$tSummary Free Jews and the Origins of Secularization --$tNotes --$tBibliography --$tIndex --$tAcknowledgments 330 $aThroughout the eighteenth century, an ever-sharper distinction emerged between Jews of the old order and those who were self-consciously of a new world. As aspirations for liberation clashed with adherence to tradition, as national, ethnic, cultural, and other alternatives emerged and a long, circuitous search for identity began, it was no longer evident that the definition of Jewishness would be based on the beliefs and practices surrounding the study of the Torah. In The Origins of Jewish Secularization in Eighteenth-Century Europe Shmuel Feiner reconstructs this evolution by listening to the voices of those who participated in the process and by deciphering its cultural codes and meanings. On the one hand, a great majority of observant Jews still accepted the authority of the Talmud and the leadership of the rabbis; on the other, there was a gradually more conspicuous minority of "Epicureans" and "freethinkers." As the ground shifted, each individual was marked according to his or her place on the path between faith and heresy, between devoutness and permissiveness or indifference. Building on his award-winning Jewish Enlightenment, Feiner unfolds the story of critics of religion, mostly Ashkenazic Jews, who did not take active part in the secular intellectual revival known as the Haskalah. In open or concealed rebellion, Feiner's subjects lived primarily in the cities of western and central Europe-Altona-Hamburg, Amsterdam, London, Berlin, Breslau, and Prague. They participated as "fashionable" Jews adopting the habits and clothing of the surrounding Gentile society. Several also adopted the deist worldview of Enlightenment Europe, rejecting faith in revelation, the authority of Scripture, and the obligation to observe the commandments. Peering into the synagogue, observing individuals in the coffeehouse or strolling the boulevards, and peeking into the bedroom, Feiner recovers forgotten critics of religion from both the margins and the center of Jewish discourse. His is a pioneering work on the origins of one of the most significant transformations of modern Jewish history. 410 0$aJewish culture and contexts. 606 $aHaskalah 606 $aJudaism and secularism$zEurope$xHistory$y18th century 606 $aJews$xIntellectual life$y18th century 606 $aJudaism$zEurope$xHistory$y18th century 606 $aJews$zEurope$xIdentity$y18th century 610 $aJewish Studies. 610 $aReligion. 615 0$aHaskalah. 615 0$aJudaism and secularism$xHistory 615 0$aJews$xIntellectual life 615 0$aJudaism$xHistory 615 0$aJews$xIdentity 676 $a296.094/09033 700 $aFeiner$b Shmuel$01618603 701 $aNaor$b Chaya$0846998 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910807490703321 996 $aThe origins of Jewish secularization in eighteenth-century Europe$93950404 997 $aUNINA