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The origins of Jewish secularization in eighteenth-century Europe

Title
The origins of Jewish secularization in eighteenth-century Europe / Shmuel Feiner ; translated by Chaya Naor.
Author
Feiner, Shmuel.
Publication
Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, c2011.

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Description
xvi, 330 p.; 25 cm.
Series Statement
Jewish culture and contexts
Uniform Title
  • Shorshe ha-ḥilun. English
  • Jewish culture and contexts.
Alternative Title
Shorshe ha-ḥilun.
Subjects
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 293-316) and index.
Contents
Sins and doubts -- Pleasures and liberation from religious supervision -- Temptations of fashion and passion -- The mystical sect: subversive Sabbateans -- The rationalist sect: neo-Karaites and deists -- Providence is tested: secularization on the rise in the 1760s -- The supremacy of nature: deists on the margins -- The emergence of the new world -- Scandals and rebellions -- Replacing Mosaic laws with laws of freedom -- On the decline of Judaism: the last decade -- Soon our faith will be lost: deists and believers.
Call Number
*PXK 11-57
ISBN
  • 9780812242737 (hbk. : alk. paper)
  • 0812242734 (hbk. : alk. paper)
LCCN
2010027769
OCLC
689522598
Author
Feiner, Shmuel.
Title
The origins of Jewish secularization in eighteenth-century Europe / Shmuel Feiner ; translated by Chaya Naor.
Imprint
Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, c2011.
Series
Jewish culture and contexts
Jewish culture and contexts.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. 293-316) and index.
Research Call Number
*PXK 11-57
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