New Perspectives on the Haskalah |
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| Author:
| Feiner, Shmuel |
| Editor:
| Feiner, Shmuel
Sorkin, David |
| ISBN: | 978-1-874774-61-7 |
| Publication Date: | May 2002 |
| Publisher: | Littman Library of Jewish Civilization, The
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | AUD $95.95 |
Book Description:
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Revises our understanding of the relationship between the Haskalah, Orthodoxy, and hasidism, reassesses the role of key individuals in the movement, and offers a new, more nuanced, definition of the Haskalah. Should be of interest to all students of modern Jewish history, literature, and culture in eighteenth-century Germany and eastern Europe in the nineteenth century.
Revises our understanding of the relationship between the Haskalah, Orthodoxy, and hasidism, reassesses the role of key individuals in the movement, and offers a new, more nuanced, definition of the Haskalah. Should be of interest to all students of modern Jewish history, literature, and culture in eighteenth-century Germany and eastern Europe in the nineteenth century.