Moses Mendelssohn's living script : philosophy, practice, history, Judaism /

Moses Mendelssohn's living script : philosophy, practice, history, Judaism /

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Author / Creator:	Sacks, Elias, author.
Imprint:	Bloomington : Indiana University Press, 2016.
Description:	1 online resource
Language:	English
Subject:	Mendelssohn, Moses, -- 1729-1786. Mendelssohn, Moses, -- 1729-1786.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11757225

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ISBN:	9780253023872 0253023874 9780253023742 0253023742
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index. Print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed.
Summary:	Moses Mendelssohn (1729'1786) is often described as the founder of modern Jewish thought and as a leading philosopher of the late Enlightenment. One of Mendelssohn's main concerns was how to conceive of the relationship between Judaism, philosophy, and the civic life of a modern state. Elias Sacks explores Mendelssohn's landmark account of Jewish practice--Judaism's "living script," to use his famous phrase--to present a broader reading of Mendelssohn's writings and extend inquiry into conversations about modernity and religion. By studying Mendelssohn's thought in these dimensions, Sacks suggests that he shows a deep concern with history. Sacks affords a view of a foundational moment in Jewish modernity and forwards new ways of thinking about ritual practice, the development of traditions, and the role of religion in society.
Other form:	Print version: Sacks, Elias. Moses Mendelssohn's living script. Bloomington : Indiana University Press, 2016 9780253023742

Table of Contents:

The "living script": Jerusalem's perplexing arguments
Conceptual disfiguring: Jewish practice and philosophical history
The felicity of the nation: Jewish practice and social history
"The strict obedience we owe": Jewish practice and the study of history
Rethinking Mendelssohn: Mendelssohn's historical Judaism
Beyond Mendelssohn: history, modernity, and religious practice.