Haskalah: The Romantic Movement in Judaism Volume 3

by Olga Litvak

Book Overview

Commonly translated as the "Jewish Enlightenment," the Haskalah propelled Jews into modern life. Olga Litvak argues that the idea of a Jewish modernity, championed by adherents of this movement, did not originate in Western Europe's age of reason. Litvak contends that the Haskalah spearheaded a Jewish religious revival, better understood against the background of Eastern European Romanticism.

Based on imaginative and historically grounded...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813554365
• ISBN13: 9780813554365
• Release Date: December 2012
• Publisher: Rutgers University Press
• Length: 246 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary