The Origins of the Modern Jew: Jewish Identity and European Culture in Germany, 1749-1824 Contributor(s): Meyer, Michael A. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0814314708 ISBN-13: 9780814314708 Publisher: Wayne State University Press OUR PRICE: $22.76 Product Type: Paperback Published: April 1972 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - History | Europe - Germany - History | Jewish - General - Social Science | Jewish Studies |
Dewey: 943.004 |
LCCN: 67012384 |
Series: Waynebooks Ser: No. 32 |
Physical Information: 0.55" H x 5.33" W x 7.98" (0.57 lbs) 252 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Until the 18th century Jews lived in Christian Europe, spiritually and often physically removed form the stream of European culture. During the Enlightenment intellectual Europe accepted a philosophy which, by the universality of its ideals, reached out to embrace the Jew within the greater community of man. The Jew began to feel European, and his traditional identity became a problem for the first time. the response of the Jewish intellectual leadership in Germany to this crisis is the subject of this book. |