The Legacy of German Jewry

by Hermann Levin Goldschmidt, Willi Goetschel, David Suchoff

First published in 1957, The Legacy of German Jewry is a comprehensive rethinking of the German-Jewish experience. Goldschmidt challenges the elegiac view of Gershom Scholem, showing us the German-Jewish legacy in literature, philosophy, and critical thought in a new light. thinkers like Moses Mendelssohn, building on the legacies of religious figures like the Baal Shem Tov and radical philosophers such as Spinoza. This vision of modernity, Goldschmidt...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0823228266
• ISBN13: 9780823228263
• Release Date: December 2007
• Publisher: Fordham University Press
• Length: 265 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.4" x 9.0"