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Authors: Moshe Pelli
ISBN-13: 9780761833512, ISBN-10: 076183351X
Format: Paperback
Publisher: University Press of America
Date Published: November 2005
Edition: 1st Edition

Author Biography: Moshe Pelli

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The Age of Haskalah is a seminal study of the beginnings of the Haskalah (Hebrew Enlightenment) in Germany in the last quarter of the 18th century. With detailed textual and historical evidence, author Moshe Pelli examines the backdrop of the Hebrew Enlightenment and the impact of the European Deism on the pundits of Haskalah.

I	The impact of deism on the Hebrew literature of the Enlightenment in Germany : changes from without	7
II	Intimations of religious reform : changes from within	33
III	An outlook to the past - the sacred literature : did the Hebrew Maskilim 'hate the Talmud'?	48
IV	Revival of Hebrew and revival of the people : the attitude of the first Maskilim toward the Hebrew language	73
V	From theory to practice : first reform-temple controversy (1818-1819) - methodology employed by the Hebrew reformers	91
VI	Naphtali Herz Wessely : moderation in transition	113
VII	Mordechai Gumpel Schnaber : first religious reform theoretician	131
VIII	Isaac Satanow : metamorphosis of Judaic values - Mishlei 'Asaf as reflecting the Haskalah ideology	151
IX	Saul Berlin : Halachic authority in decline	171
X	Isaac Euchel : tradition and change	190

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