New Perspectives on the Haskalah
| Author | : Shmuel Feiner |
| Publisher | : Liverpool University Press |
| Total Pages | : 271 |
| Release | : 2001-06-01 |
| ISBN-10 | : 9781909821316 |
| ISBN-13 | : 1909821314 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (314 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis New Perspectives on the Haskalah by : Shmuel Feiner
Download or read book New Perspectives on the Haskalah written by Shmuel Feiner and published by Liverpool University Press. This book was released on 2001-06-01 with total page 271 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Revises our understanding of the relationship between the Haskalah, Orthodoxy, and hasidism, reassesses the role of key individuals in the movement, and offers a new, more nuanced, definition of the Haskalah. Should be of interest to all students of modern Jewish history, literature, and culture in eighteenth-century Germany and eastern Europe in the nineteenth century.
