Benjamin Franklin's Influence on Mussar Thought and Practice: a Chronicle of Misapprehension
Benjamin Franklin's ideas and writings may be said to have had an impact on Jewish thought and practice. This influence occurred posthumously, primarily through his Autobiography and by way of Rabbi Menachem Mendel Lefin's Sefer Cheshbon ha-Nefesh (Book of Spiritual Accounting, 1808), whic...
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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Brill
[2019]
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The review of rabbinic Judaism
Year: 2019, Volume: 22, Issue: 2, Pages: 228-276 |
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Cheshbon ha-Nefesh
B Mussar B Mendel Lefin B Orthodox Judaism B Art of Virtue B Benjamin Franklin B Haskalah B Menachem Mendel Levin B Deism |
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