Moses Mendelssohn: writings on Judaism, Christianity, and the Bible

Lavater's dedication -- Open letter to Lavater -- From "counter-reflections to Bonnet's Palingenesis" -- Letter to Rabbi Jacob Emden, 26 October 1773 -- Letter to "a man of rank" (Rochus Friedrich Graf von Lynar) -- From the preface to Vindiciae Judaeorum -- "The s...

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Subtitles:Writings on Judaism, Christianity, and the Bible
Main Author: Mendelssohn, Moses 1729-1786 (Author)
Contributors: Gottlieb, Michah (Editor) ; Bowman, Curtis (Translator) ; Sacks, Elias (Translator) ; Arkush, Allan 1948- (Translator)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
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Published: Waltham, Mass. [u.a.] Brandeis Univ. Press c2011
In:Year: 2011
Series/Journal:The Tauber Institute series for the study of European Jewry
The Brandeis library of modern Jewish thought
Jewish studies philosophy
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Judaism / Christianity / Old Testament / History 1769-1786
Further subjects:B Judaism Relations Christianity
B Christianity and other religions Judaism
B Judaism Works to 1900
B Bible. Old Testament Criticism, interpretation, etc
B Philosophy, German 18th century
B Spring
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Summary:Lavater's dedication -- Open letter to Lavater -- From "counter-reflections to Bonnet's Palingenesis" -- Letter to Rabbi Jacob Emden, 26 October 1773 -- Letter to "a man of rank" (Rochus Friedrich Graf von Lynar) -- From the preface to Vindiciae Judaeorum -- "The search for light and right" -- Mörschel's postscript -- From Jerusalem, or on Religious Power and Judaism -- From letter to Naphtali Herz Homberg -- From Jacobi's On the Doctrine of Spinoza -- From Morning Hours -- From To Lessing's Friends -- From introduction to Commentary on Ecclesiastes -- Introduction to translation of Psalms -- From letter to August Hennings, 29 June 1779 -- From Light for the Path -- Selections from the Bi'ur -- On the religious legitimacy of studying logic -- An ontological proof for God's existence -- A cosmological proof for God's existence -- A proof for the immortality of the soul -- A rational foundation for ethics -- On the possibility of miracles -- On the reliability of miracles
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references and index
ISBN:1611682142