No religion without idolatry : Mendelssohn's Jewish Enlightenment /
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Notre Dame, Ind. :
University of Notre Dame Press,
[2012]
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Table of 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.