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The origins of Jewish secularization in eighteenth-century Europe

Title
The origins of Jewish secularization in eighteenth-century Europe [electronic resource] / Shmuel Feiner ; translated by Chaya Naor.
Author
Feiner, Shmuel.
Publication
Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, c2010.

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1 online resource (xvi, 330 p.)
Series Statement
Jewish culture and contexts
Uniform Title
  • Shorshe ha-ḥilun. English (Online)
  • Jewish culture and contexts.
Alternative Title
Shorshe ha-ḥilun.
Subject
  • Haskalah
  • Judaism and secularism > Europe > History > 18th century
  • Jews > Intellectual life > 18th century
  • Judaism > Europe > History > 18th century
  • Jews > Europe > Identity > 18th century
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
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  • Access restricted to authorized users.
Contents
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.
LCCN
2010027769
OCLC
ssj0000606014
Author
Feiner, Shmuel.
Title
The origins of Jewish secularization in eighteenth-century Europe [electronic resource] / Shmuel Feiner ; translated by Chaya Naor.
Imprint
Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, c2010.
Series
Jewish culture and contexts
Jewish culture and contexts.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
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Available onsite at NYPL
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