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No religion without idolatry : Mendelssohn's Jewish Enlightenment /

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.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Freudenthal, Gideon
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Notre Dame, Ind. : University of Notre Dame Press, ©2012.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.