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A Jewish merchant, a Muslim sultan, and a young Templar knight transcend the differences in their faiths in this play's moving plea for religious tolerance and cooperation amongst Christians, Jews, and Muslims. Set in Jerusalem during the Third Crusade, the Enlightenment-era... Read Full Overview

Nathan the Wise By Gotthold Ephraim Lessing

Lessing's Nathan der Weise - With Footnotes and Vocabulary ist ein unver?nderter, hochwertiger Nachdruck der Originalausgabe aus dem Jahr 1899. Hansebooks ist Herausgeber von Literatur zu unterschiedlichen Themengebieten wie Forschung und Wissenschaft, Reisen und Expeditionen,... Read Full Overview

As relevant today as when it was written in the eighteenth century, this edition of Nathan the Wise includes an insightful intrduction that delves into major themes of the play, the life of the author, and the Enightenment to provide context as well as illustrate how themes covered... Read Full Overview

Gotthold Ephraim Lessing was born on the 22nd of January, 1729, eldest of ten sons of a pious and learned minister of Camenz in the Oberlausitz, who had two daughters also. As a child Lessing delighted in books, and had knowledge beyond his years when he went to school, in Meissen,... Read Full Overview

Nathan der Weise Ein dramatisches Gedicht in f?nf Aufz?gen. Nathan der Weise ist Lessings letztes Werk. Hintergrund ist der Fragmentenstreit, eine Auseinandersetzung mit dem Hamburger Hauptpastor Johann Melchior Goeze, die soweit reichte, dass ein Teilpublikationsverbot gegen... Read Full Overview

An 18th-century German play about religious tolerance in a terrific new translation.

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.

This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely... Read Full Overview

This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections
such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact,
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Banned by the Nazis and then produced by dozens of German theatres following the end of World War II, NATHAN THE WISE is a timely and exuberant rebuke of prejudice and intolerance.

Written in the Enlightenment Age and set in Jerusalem during the 12th century... Read Full Overview