The Origins of the Modern Jew: Jewish Identity and European Culture in Germany, 1749-1824

by Michael A. Meyer

Book Overview

An excellent overview of the intellectual history of important figures in German Jewry.

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0814314708
• ISBN13: 9780814314708
• Release Date: April 1972
• Publisher: Wayne State University Press
• Length: 252 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.3" x 8.0"