Freudenthal, Gideon

No religion without idolatry Mendelssohn's Jewish enlightenment / [Texte imprimé] : Gideon Freudenthal - Notre Dame : University of Notre Dame Press, cop. 2012 - 1 vol. (332 p.) ; 23 cm

Bibliogr. p. 309-326

Mendelssohn: common sense, rational metaphysics, and skepticism -- Salomon Maimon: the radical alternative to Mendelssohn -- The truth of religion -- The language of action in biblical times -- Idolatry: Egyptian and Jewish -- The "ceremonial law" of Judaism: transitory hieroglyphics -- Idolatry in contemporary Judaism -- Philosophy of enlightened Judaism -- Conclusion -- Appendix -- Mirror images: Moses Mendelssohn and Alexander Altmann -- Mendelssohn's messianic allusions -- The title Jerusalem

978-0-268-02890-9

Judaism and philosophy Jewish philosophy Faith and reason--Judaism Haskalah Idolatry

296.3092