The Berlin Haskalah and German Religious Thought
by David Sorkin
The Berlin Haskalah was the Jewish attempt to rearticulate belief to accommodate the new science and philosophy of the Enlightenment. This study argues that the Haskalah should be understood within the context of the wider Central European religious and intellectual changes.
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The Berlin Haskalah was the Jewish attempt to rearticulate belief to accommodate the new science and philosophy of the Enlightenment. This study argues that the Haskalah should be understood within the context of the wider Central European religious and intellectual changes.
Author Biography
David Jan Sorkin is the Frances and Lawrence Weinstein Professor of Jewish Studies and the Director of the Institute of Research in the Humanities at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Table of Contents
Part 1: Intellectual renewal:Protestantism; Catholicism; Judaism. Part 2: Politicization: Protestantism; Catholicism; Judaism.
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