The item you selected is unavailable, but we found something similar.

Picture 1 of 1

Stock photo

The Jewish Enlightenment (Jewish - Hardcover, by Feiner Shmuel - Very Good - Picture 1 of 1

Jewish Culture and Contexts Ser.: The Jewish Enlightenment by Shmuel Feiner (2004, Hardcover)

Be the first towrite a review.

BooksRun (78323)
99.2% positive feedback

Price:

$72.30

Free shipping

Estimated delivery Tue, May 7 - Thu, May 9

Returns:

30 days returns. Seller pays for return shipping.

Condition:

Very Good

By Feiner, Shmuel.

About this product

Product Information

At the beginning of the eighteenth century most European Jews lived in restricted settlements and urban ghettos, isolated from the surrounding dominant Christian cultures not only by law but also by language, custom, and dress. By the end of the century urban, upwardly mobile Jews had shaved their beards and abandoned Yiddish in favor of the languages of the countries in which they lived. They began to participate in secular culture and they embraced rationalism and non-Jewish education as supplements to traditional Talmudic studies. The full participation of Jews in modern Europe and America would be unthinkable without the intellectual and social revolution that was the Haskalah, or Jewish Enlightenment. Unparalleled in scale and comprehensiveness, The Jewish Enlightenment reconstructs the intellectual and social revolution of the Haskalah as it gradually gathered momentum throughout the eighteenth century. Relying on a huge range of previously unexplored sources, Shmuel Feiner fully views the Haskalah as the Jewish version of the European Enlightenment and, as such, a movement that cannot be isolated from broader eighteenth-century European traditions. Critically, he views the Haskalah as a truly European phenomenon and not one simply centered in Germany. He also shows how the republic of letters in European Jewry provided an avenue of secularization for Jewish society and culture, sowing the seeds of Jewish liberalism and modern ideology and sparking the Orthodox counterreaction that culminated in a clash of cultures within the Jewish community. The Haskalah's confrontations with its opponents within Jewry constitute one of the most fascinating chapters in the history of the dramatic and traumatic encounter between the Jews and modernity. The Haskalah is one of the central topics in modern Jewish historiography. With its scope, erudition, and new analysis, The Jewish Enlightenment now provides the most comprehensive treatment of this major cultural movement.

Product Identifiers

Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press
ISBN-10
0812237552
ISBN-13
9780812237559
eBay Product ID (ePID)
2878093

Product Key Features

Author
Shmuel Feiner
Publication Name
Jewish Enlightenment
Format
Hardcover
Language
Eng,Heb
Series
Jewish Culture and Contexts Ser.
Publication Year
2004
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
456 Pages

Dimensions

Item Length
9.2in
Item Width
6.1in
Item Weight
32.8 Oz

Additional Product Features

Lc Classification Number
Ds113.F4413 2003
Reviews
"Feiner's magnum opus . . . offers a sweeping history of the Haskalah (Jewish Enlightenment) movement in Germany, from its beginning early in the eighteenth century to its demise at the end of that century. . . . The first comprehensive study of the movement in almost a century."-- Journal of Modern History, "A major contribution to the historiography of the European Enlightenment."--Times Literary Supplement, "Whatever one's perspective on the Haskalah, The Jewish Enlightenment will both enrich and challenge it."-- Jewish Quarterly Review, "Feiner's magnum opus . . . offers a sweeping history of the Haskalah (Jewish Enlightenment) movement in Germany, from its beginning early in the eighteenth century to its demise at the end of that century. . . . The first comprehensive study of the movement in almost a century."- Journal of Modern History, "A major contribution to the historiography of the European Enlightenment."-- Times Literary Supplement, "Feiner's work is likely to become the standard book on the Haskalah and thus will become indispensable to scholars of Jewish history, literature, and thought."-David Sorkin, University of Wisconsin, "Feiner's work is likely to become the standard book on the Haskalah and thus will become indispensable to scholars of Jewish history, literature, and thought."--David Sorkin, University of Wisconsin, "A major contribution to the historiography of the European Enlightenment."- Times Literary Supplement, "Whatever one's perspective on the Haskalah, The Jewish Enlightenment will both enrich and challenge it."- Jewish Quarterly Review
Table of Content
Preface Introduction: The Jews and the Enlightenment PART I. A PASSION FOR KNOWLEDGE 1. Intellectual Inferiority: The Affront --The Restoration of Jewish Honor --"Precursors of the Haskalah" or "Early Maskilim"? 2. The Early Haskalah and the Redemption of Knowledge --The Erotic Seductiveness of Knowledge --The Redeemers of the Neglected Sciences --Confronting Skepticism: The Noble Savage --Shaping Rational Thinking 3. The Secular Author in the Public Arena --On the Verge of Separation from the Rabbinical Elite --Patrons and the First Circles --Three Avenues of Development PART II. JEWISH KULTURKAMPF 4. The Wessely Affair: Threats and Anxieties --Orthodox Counterreaction --The Subversive Intellectual 5. Projects of Enlightenment and Tests of Tolerance --The Jewish Free School --Religious Tolerance Dohm: On the Civil Improvement of the Jews --Mendelssohn's Bi'ur of the Pentateuch --The Posner Affair 6. The Rabbinical Elite on the Defensive --"To Publicize the Wickedness of the Evil Man, Herz Wessely" --An Ultimatum from the Seven Berliners --Rabbi Levin Flees Berlin 7. On Religious Power and Judaism --Saul Levin's Ktav Yosher --Mendelssohn's Jerusalem --Rabbinical Reactions --Wessely and the Italian Rabbis PART III. THE MASKILIC REPUBLIC 8. The Society of Friends of the Hebrew Language --Establishing a New Public Sphere --A Maskilic Association in Königsburg 9. The Maskilim: A Group Portrait --In Mendelssohn's Salon --Circles and Boundaries in Maskilic Society --Two Groups of Maskilim 10. Euchel Establishes the Haskalah Movement --The Genesis of a Maskil --The Haskalah Project's First Initiatives --Hame'asef, 1785-1786 11. The Society for the Promotion of Goodness and Justice --The Freischule Printing House --The Haskalah Is Institutionalized --Intensive Acculturation in Berlin 12. Growth and Radicalization --The Haskalah Library Expands --The Kulturkampf Escalates --An Attack on Rabbi Raphael Kohen --The Search for the Ideal Jewish Society PART IV. ON TWO FRONTS 13. Crisis at the Turn of the Century --Voices of Despair and Protest --Decline in the 1790s --Jewish-German Intelligentsia --Friedländer and the Letter to Teller 14. Tensions and Polemics in the Shadow of Crisis --Satanow and the Haskalah Library in the 1790s --Hame'asef, 1794-1797 --The Early Burial Controversy --The Besamim Rosh Affair 15. On Frivolity and Hypocrisy --The Enemies of Enlightenment --Internal Rifts --Rabbi Josephche and Jettchen in the Brothel Afterword: Haskalah and Secularization The Haskalah as a Revolutionary Event Secular Revolution Notes Index
Copyright Date
2004
Target Audience
College Audience
Topic
Judaism / Rituals & Practice, Judaism / History, Jewish, Jewish Studies
Lccn
2003-061057
Dewey Decimal
296/.094/09033
Dewey Edition
22
Genre
Religion, History, Social Science

All listings for this product

item 1 The Jewish Enlightenment (Jewish - Hardcover, by Feiner Shmuel - Very Good
$72.30
Free shipping
item 2 The Jewish Enlightenment (Jewish Culture and Contexts), Feiner, Shmuel, Good Boo
$76.88
Free shipping
item 3 The Jewish Enlightenment by Shmuel Feiner: Used
$90.30
Free shipping

Best Selling in Textbooks

See all

Current slide {CURRENT_SLIDE} of {TOTAL_SLIDES}- Best Selling in Textbooks

Desk Reference to the Diagnostic Criteria from DSM-5-TR by American Psychiatric Association (2022, Trade Paperback)
5.0 out of 5 stars based on 7 product ratings
$7.50 New
---- Used
Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders DSM-5-TR by American Psychiatric Association (2022, Trade Paperback)
4.6 out of 5 stars based on 15 product ratings
$35.10 New
$34.00 Used
Self Heal by Design : The Role of Micro-organisms for Health by Barbara O'Neill (2018, Trade Paperback)
5.0 out of 5 stars based on 14 product ratings
$29.99 New
---- Used
Leadership : Theory and Practice by Peter G. Northouse (2021, Trade Paperback, Revised edition)
5.0 out of 5 stars based on 1 product rating
$19.98 New
$10.00 Used
Research Design : Qualitative, Quantitative, and Mixed Methods Approaches by J. David Creswell and John W. Creswell (2022, Trade Paperback)
4.2 out of 5 stars based on 5 product ratings
$21.00 New
$18.00 Used
PMBOK® Guide Ser.: Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK Guide) and the Standard for Project Management by Project Management Institute (2021, Trade Paperback)
4.9 out of 5 stars based on 7 product ratings
$17.42 New
$13.00 Used
Designing Data-Intensive Applications : The Big Ideas Behind Reliable, Scalable, and Maintainable Systems by Martin Kleppmann (2017, Trade Paperback)
4.9 out of 5 stars based on 17 product ratings
$18.25 New
$15.86 Used

Save on Textbooks

Current slide {CURRENT_SLIDE} of {TOTAL_SLIDES}- Save on Textbooks

Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders DSM-5-TR Free Shipping
$37.99
Trending at $42.75
PMBOK A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge 7th Ed NEW READ No Cov
$17.42
Trending at $21.99
NEW NFPA 70® NEC Handbook with Index Tabs : 2023 Edition by NFPA USA
$59.50
Trending at $67.45
Designing Data-Intensive Applications : The Big Ideas Behind Reliable, Scalable,
$12.49
Trending at $18.95
Diagnostic & Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders: DSM-5-TR(Hardcover) Fast...
$41.45
Trending at $42.00
New 2022 NFPA 72 National Fire Alarm and Signaling Code USA STOCK Free Shipping
$52.24
Trending at $56.50

Shop by category

Picture 1 of 1

Jewish Culture and Contexts Ser.: The Jewish Enlightenment by Shmuel Feiner (2004, Hardcover)

About this product

Product Information

Product Identifiers

Product Key Features

Dimensions

Additional Product Features

All listings for this product

item 1 The Jewish Enlightenment (Jewish - Hardcover, by Feiner Shmuel - Very Good

item 2 The Jewish Enlightenment (Jewish Culture and Contexts), Feiner, Shmuel, Good Boo

item 3 The Jewish Enlightenment by Shmuel Feiner: Used

Best Selling in Textbooks

Desk Reference to the Diagnostic Criteria from DSM-5-TR by American Psychiatric Association (2022, Trade Paperback)

Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders DSM-5-TR by American Psychiatric Association (2022, Trade Paperback)

Self Heal by Design : The Role of Micro-organisms for Health by Barbara O'Neill (2018, Trade Paperback)

Leadership : Theory and Practice by Peter G. Northouse (2021, Trade Paperback, Revised edition)

Research Design : Qualitative, Quantitative, and Mixed Methods Approaches by J. David Creswell and John W. Creswell (2022, Trade Paperback)

PMBOK® Guide Ser.: Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK Guide) and the Standard for Project Management by Project Management Institute (2021, Trade Paperback)

Designing Data-Intensive Applications : The Big Ideas Behind Reliable, Scalable, and Maintainable Systems by Martin Kleppmann (2017, Trade Paperback)

Save on Textbooks

Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders DSM-5-TR Free Shipping

PMBOK A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge 7th Ed NEW READ No Cov

NEW NFPA 70® NEC Handbook with Index Tabs : 2023 Edition by NFPA USA

Designing Data-Intensive Applications : The Big Ideas Behind Reliable, Scalable,

Diagnostic & Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders: DSM-5-TR(Hardcover) Fast...

New 2022 NFPA 72 National Fire Alarm and Signaling Code USA STOCK Free Shipping

You may also like

Enlightenment Fiction Hardcover Books

Nonfiction Culture Hardcovers Books

Sociology of Culture Study Hardcovers Prep

Art & Culture Nonfiction Books Hardcover Books

Art & Culture Sculpture Hardcover Nonfiction Books

Art & Culture Music Hardcover Nonfiction Books