No religion without idolatry : Mendelssohn's Jewish Enlightenment /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Freudenthal, Gideon
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Notre Dame, Ind. : University of Notre Dame Press, [2012]
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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.