Moses Mendelssohn : writings on Judaism, Christianity, & the Bible / edited by Michah Gottlieb ; translations by Curtis Bowman, Elias Sacks, and Allan Arkush.
| Author/creator | Mendelssohn, Moses |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Waltham, Mass. : Brandeis University Press, ©2011. |
| Description | xxvii, 267 pages ; 24 cm. |
| Subjects |
| Other author/creator | Gottlieb, Michah. |
| Other author/creator | Bowman, Curtis. |
| Other author/creator | Sacks, Elias. |
| Other author/creator | Arkush, Allan, 1949- |
| Uniform title | Works. Selections. English. 2011 |
| Portion of title | Writings on Judaism, Christianity, & the Bible |
| Series | The Tauber Institute series for the study of European Jewry The Brandeis library of modern Jewish thought Brandeis library of modern Jewish thought. ^A1108587 Tauber Institute for the Study of European Jewry series. ^A512035 |
| Contents | Lavater's dedication -- Open letter to Lavater -- From "counter-reflections to Bonnet's Palingenesis" -- Letter to Rabbi Jacob Emden, 26 October 1773 -- Letter to "a man of rank" (Rochus Friedrich Graf von Lynar) -- From the preface to Vindiciae Judaeorum -- "The search for light and right" -- Mörschel's postscript -- From Jerusalem, or on Religious Power and Judaism -- From letter to Naphtali Herz Homberg -- From Jacobi's On the Doctrine of Spinoza -- From Morning Hours -- From To Lessing's Friends -- From introduction to Commentary on Ecclesiastes -- Introduction to translation of Psalms -- From letter to August Hennings, 29 June 1779 -- From Light for the Path -- Selections from the Bi'ur -- On the religious legitimacy of studying logic -- An ontological proof for God's existence -- A cosmological proof for God's existence -- A proof for the immortality of the soul -- A rational foundation for ethics -- On the possibility of miracles -- On the reliability of miracles. |
| General note | Translated from the German and the Hebrew. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| LCCN | 2011027263 |
| ISBN | 9781584656845 (cloth : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 1584656840 (cloth : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 9781584656852 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 1584656859 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joyner | General Stacks | B2690 .A5 2011 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |