The origins of Jewish secularization in eighteenth-century Europe

Feiner, Shmuel

The origins of Jewish secularization in eighteenth-century Europe [Texte imprimé] / Shmuel Feiner ; translated by Chaya Naor - Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, cop. 2011 - 1 vol. (XVI-330 p.) ; 24 cm - Jewish culture and contexts . - Jewish culture and contexts (University of Pennsylvania Press, Philadelphia) .

Titre original en langue hébreu translitéré en caractères latins Index

Bibliogr. p. 293-316

Sins and doubts -- Pleasures and liberation from religious supervision -- Temptations of fashion and passion -- The mystical sect: subversive Sabbateans -- The rationalist sect: neo-Karaites and deists -- Providence is tested: secularization on the rise in the 1760s -- The supremacy of nature: deists on the margins -- The emergence of the new world -- Scandals and rebellions -- Replacing Mosaic laws with laws of freedom -- On the decline of Judaism: the last decade -- Soon our faith will be lost: deists and believers

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