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No religion without idolatry : Mendelssohn's Jewish Enlightenment / Gideon Freudenthal.

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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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