The origins of Jewish secularization in eighteenth-century Europe / Shmuel Feiner ; translated by Chaya Naor.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Feiner, Shmuel.

Series:

Jewish culture and contexts

Standardized Title:

Shorshe ha-ḥilun. English

Language:

English

Hebrew

Subjects (All):

Haskalah.

Judaism and secularism--Europe--History--18th century.

Judaism and secularism.

Jews--Intellectual life--18th century.

Jews.

Judaism--Europe--History--18th century.

Judaism.

Jews--Europe--Identity--18th century.

Identity (Philosophical concept).

History.

Jews--Intellectual life.

Europe.

Physical Description:

xvi, 330 pages ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2010]

Contents:

Pleasures and liberation from religious supervision

Temptations of fashion and passion

The mystical sect: subversive Sabbateans

The rationalist sect: neo-Karaites and deists

Providence is tested: secularization on the rise in the 1760s

The supremacy of nature: deists on the margins

The emergence of the new world

Scandals and rebellions

Replacing Mosaic laws with laws of freedom

On the decline of Judaism: the last decade

Soon our faith will be lost: deists and believers.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780812242737

0812242734

OCLC:

606785062