No Religion Without Idolatry : Mendelssohn's Jewish Enlightenment.
- 1st ed.
- 1 online resource (345 pages)
Cover -- Half title -- Title page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Chapter 1: Mendelssohn -- Chapter 2: Salomon Maimon -- Chapter 3: The Truth of Religion -- Chapter 4: The Language of Action in Biblical Times -- Chapter 5: Idolatry -- Chapter 6: The "Ceremonial Law" of Judaism -- Chapter 7: Idolatry in Contemporary Judaism -- Chapter 8: Philosophy of Enlightened Judaism -- Chapter 9: Conclusion -- Appendix -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
No Religion without Idolatry offers an interpretation of Mendelssohn's general philosophy and discusses for the first time his semiotic interpretation of idolatry in his commentaries.
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Mendelssohn, Moses,-1729-1786. Judaism and philosophy. Jewish philosophy. Faith and reason-Judaism. Haskalah. Idolatry.