| Description |
1 online resource (xi, 332 pages) |
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data file |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| 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. |
| Local Note |
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| Subject |
Mendelssohn, Moses, 1729-1786.
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Mendelssohn, Moses, 1729-1786. |
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Mendelssohn, Moses, 1729-1786. |
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Mendelssohn, Moses 1729-1786. |
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Mendelssohn, Moses, 1729-1786. |
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Mendelssohn, Moses. |
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Judaism and philosophy.
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Judaism and philosophy. |
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Jewish philosophy.
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Jewish philosophy. |
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Faith and reason -- Judaism.
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Faith and reason -- Judaism. |
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Haskalah.
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Haskalah. |
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Idolatry.
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Idolatry. |
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Haskala. |
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Judentum. |
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Idololatrie. |
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Jüdische Philosophie. |
| Indexed Term |
Multi-User. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Freudenthal, Gideon. No religion without idolatry. Notre Dame, Ind. : University of Notre Dame Press, ©2012 (DLC) 2012005300 |
| ISBN |
0268079757 |
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9780268079758 (electronic book) |
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0268028907 |
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9780268028909 |
| Standard No. |
ebc3441089 |
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