The Rise of Reform Judaism A Sourcebook of Its European Origins |
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| Author:
| Plaut, W. Gunther |
| Foreword by:
| Freehof, Solomon B. |
| Introduction by:
| Berman, Howard A. |
| Series title: | JPS Anthologies of Jewish Thought Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8276-1216-7 |
| Publication Date: | Oct 2015 |
| Publisher: | Jewish Publication Society
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $30.00 |
Book Description:
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This fiftieth anniversary edition of W. Gunther Plaut's classic volume on the beginnings of the Jewish Reform Movement is updated with a new introduction by Howard A. Berman. The Rise of Reform Judaism covers the first one hundred years of the movement, from the time of the eighteenth-century Jewish Enlightenment leader Moses Mendelssohn to the conclusion of the Augsburg synod in 1871.
This fiftieth anniversary edition of W. Gunther Plaut's classic volume on the beginnings of the Jewish Reform Movement is updated with a new introduction by Howard A. Berman. The Rise of Reform Judaism covers the first one hundred years of the movement, from the time of the eighteenth-century Jewish Enlightenment leader Moses Mendelssohn to the conclusion of the Augsburg synod in 1871.