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Kabbalah Research in the Wissenschaft des Judentums (1820-1880)

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In recent years more and more scholars have become aware of the fact that the 19th century movement of the Wissenschaft des Judentums engaged in essential research of kabbalistic texts and thinkers. The legend of Wissenschaft's neglect for the mystic traditions of Judaism is no longer sustainable. However, the true extent of this enterprise of German Jewish scholars is not yet known. This book will give an overview of what the leading figures have actually achieved: Landauer, Jellinek, Jost, Graetz, Steinschneider and others. It is true that their theological evaluation of the "worth" of kabbalah for what they believed was the 'essence of Judaism' yielded overall negative results, but this rejection was rationally founded and rather suggests a true concern for Judaism that transcended their own emancipation and assimilation as German Jews.

Title Kabbalah Research in the Wissenschaft des Judentums (1820-1880) : The Foundation of an Academic Discipline / George Y. Kohler.
Publisher München
Wien : De Gruyter Oldenbourg
Creation Date [2019]
Notes Issued also in print.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
In English.
Content Frontmatter -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- Introduction -- Lazarus Ben David, Peter Beer and Isaak Markus Jost (1822-1832) -- Leopold Zunz and Moritz Freystadt (1818-1832) -- The Young Abraham Geiger (1840) -- Meier Hirsch Landauer and Abraham Adler (1838-1845) -- Michael Sachs and David Joel [1845-1849] -- Moritz Steinschneider (1850) -- Adolf Jellinek (1851-1852) -- First Reactions to Jellinek -- Adolf Jellinek [1853-1854] -- The Mature Abraham Geiger (1853-1856) -- Ignaz Stern's Study on the Composition of the Zohar (1858) -- Isaak Markus Jost's last Discussion of Kabbalah (1859) -- Heinrich Graetz's Study of Early Mystical Literature (1859) -- The Seventh Volume of Graetz's History of the Jews (1863) -- Leopold Loew's Review of Graetz's Discussion of the Zohar (1863) -- Graetz's Account of Kabbalah during the 15th to the 18th century (1864-68) -- Abraham Geiger's Last Word on Kabbalah (1871) -- Ludwig Philippson and Leopold Stein (1864- 1877) -- Kabbalah in Jewish Textbooks -- Epilog - the Years 1894-1907 -- Bibliography -- Index
Series Europäisch-jüdische Studien - Beiträge
47
Extent 1 online resource (280 pages).
Language English
Copyright Date ©2019
National Library system number 997012197017105171
MARC RECORDS
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