Voltaire's Jews and Modern Jewish Identity: Rethinking the Enlightenment

Harvey Mitchell's book argues that a reassessment of Voltaire's treatment of traditional Judaism will sharpen discussion of the origins of, and responses to, the Enlightenment. His study shows how Voltaire's nearly total antipathy to Judaism is best understood  by stressing h...

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Main Author: Mitchell, Harvey (Author)
Format: Electronic Book
Language:English
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Published: Hoboken Taylor and Francis 2012
In:Year: 2012
Series/Journal:Routledge Jewish Studies Series
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505 8 0 |a Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Preface and acknowledgments; List of abbreviations; Introduction: Enlightenment and its discontents; Part I; 1 Spinoza, Bayle, and Voltaire: issues in contention; 2 Images, imagination, tolerance and the uses of reason; 3 Voltaire's Jews among the world's peoples and nations; 4 Voltaire's Jews in the world of commerce and their capacity for critical thought and social inclusion; 5 Voltaire's reading of the Old Testament; Part II; 6 French Judaism reinvented and the Enlightenment disputed 
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