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Moses Mendelssohn’s Living Script : Philosophy, Practice, History, Judaism / Elias Sacks.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Sacks, Elias, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Mendelssohn, Moses, 1729-1786.
- Mendelssohn, Moses.
- Genre:
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (336 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Bloomington, Indiana ; Indianapolis, [Indiana] : Indiana University Press, 2017.
- Summary:
- Sacks affords a view of a foundational moment in Jewish modernity and forwards new ways of thinking about ritual practice, the development of traditions, and the role of religion in society.
- Contents:
- The "living script": Jerusalem's perplexing arguments
- Conceptual disfiguring: Jewish practice and philosophical history
- The felicity of the nation: Jewish practice and social history
- "The strict obedience we owe": Jewish practice and the study of history
- Rethinking Mendelssohn: Mendelssohn's historical Judaism
- Beyond Mendelssohn: history, modernity, and religious practice.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 9780253023872
- 0253023874
- OCLC:
- 957414498
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