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Author Freudenthal, Gideon

Title No religion without idolatry : Mendelssohn's Jewish Enlightenment / Gideon Freudenthal
Published Notre Dame, Ind. : University of Notre Dame Press, ©2012

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Description 1 online resource (xi, 332 pages)
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
Summary Gideon Freudenthal offers a novel interpretation of Mendelssohn's general philosophy and discusses Mendelssohn's semiotic interpretation of idolatry in his Jerusalem and in his Hebrew biblical commentary
Analysis Multi-User
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Subject Mendelssohn, Moses, 1729-1786.
Mendelssohn, Moses, 1729-1786
Mendelssohn, Moses 1729-1786
Mendelssohn, Moses, 1729-1786.
Mendelssohn, Moses.
Judaism and philosophy.
Jewish philosophy.
Faith and reason -- Judaism.
Haskalah.
Idolatry.
Faith and reason -- Judaism
Haskalah
Idolatry
Jewish philosophy
Judaism and philosophy
Haskala
Jüdische Philosophie
Idololatrie
Haskala.
Idololatrie.
Haskala.
Judentum.
Idololatrie.
Jüdische Philosophie.
Judendom.
Tro och vetande.
Religionsfilosofi.
Judisk filosofi.
Haskalah.
Bilder -- religiösa aspekter.
Genre/Form Electronic books
Form Electronic book
ISBN 0268079757
9780268079758