Moses Mendelssohn: Writings on Judaism, Christianity, & the Bible

German Jewish philosopher Moses Mendelssohn (1729-1786) is best known in the English-speaking world for his Jerusalem (1783), the first attempt to present Judaism as a religion compatible with the ideas of the Enlightenment. While incorporating much of Jerusalem, Michah Gottlieb's volume seeks to expand knowledge of Mendelssohn's thought by presenting translations of many of his other seminal writings from the German or Hebrew originals. These writings...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1584656859
• ISBN13: 9781584656852
• Release Date: October 2011
• Publisher: Brandeis University Press
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 1.46 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 9.0" x 6.0"