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No religion without idolatry : Mendelssohn's Jewish Enlightenment / Gideon Freudenthal.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Freudenthal, Gideon.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Judaism and philosophy.
- Jewish philosophy.
- Faith and reason--Judaism.
- Faith and reason.
- Haskalah.
- Idolatry.
- Mendelssohn, Moses, 1729-1786.
- Mendelssohn, Moses.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (346 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Notre Dame, Ind. : University of Notre Dame Press, c2012.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- No Religion without Idolatry offers an interpretation of Mendelssohn's general philosophy and discusses for the first time his semiotic interpretation of idolatry in his commentaries.
- Contents:
- 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.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780268079758
- 0268079757
- OCLC:
- 787852172
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