Littman Haskalah and History

by Shmuel Feiner

Shmuel Feiner's innovative book recreates the historical consciousness that fired the Haskalah--the Jewish Enlightenment movement. The proponents of this movement advocated that Jews should capture the spirit of the future and take their place in wider society, but as Jews--without denying their collective identity and without denying their past. Claiming historical legitimacy for their ideology and their vision of the future, they formulated an...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1904113109
• ISBN13: 9781904113102
• Release Date: October 2004
• Publisher: Littman Library of Jewish Civilization in Ass
• Length: 416 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.1" x 9.0"