Samuel Hirsch : philosopher of religion, advocate of emancipation and radical reformer / edited by Judith Frishman and Thorsten Fuchshuber.
| Other author | Frishman, Judith, 1953- editor. |
| Other author | Fuchshuber, Thorsten, editor. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication | Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter, [2022] |
| Copyright Date | cu2022 |
| Description | vii, 354 pages ; 24 cm. |
| Subjects |
| Series | Studia Judaica, 0585-5306 Studia Judaica (Walter de Gruyter & Co.) ; Bd. 97. ^A1123807 |
| Contents | From Thalfang to Philadelphia : an introduction to Samuel Hirsch's life and times -- "An intimate friendship with modernity" : Samuel Hirsch's Reform philosophy in the context of the ideological controversies of the times / Christian Wiese -- Hegelian and defender of the faith : the fundamentals of Samuel Hirsch's philosophy -- Samuel Hirsch in Dessau (June 1838 - June 1843) : freedom, emancipation and the Christian state / Gershon Greenberg -- Back to Mediaeval Jewish philosophy : Hirsch's criticism of modern times / Irene Kajon -- Judaism transformed and the Divine on Earth : Samuel Hirsch's appropriation of the Hegelian ideal state / Judith Frishman -- Edifying the congregation : Jewish answers to pressing societal questions -- The challenges of alterity : notes on Samuel Hirsch's contemporaneity / Laurent Mignon -- Religious borders of reason and sentiment : Samuel Hirsch and Abraham Geiger on Jewish education / Ken Koltun-Fromm -- "Humankind is advancing" : Samuel Hirsch's rediscovery of messianism and its consequences for modern Jewish religious philosophy / George Y. Kohler -- Samuel Hirsch's Luxembourg : industrialization, emancipation and community -- Mid-19th Century Luxembourg : nation building and the late industrialization / Norbert Franz -- Between recognition and exclusion : the effects of the ̐uDcret In̐ufme on Jewish emancipation in Luxembourg / Re̐une Wagener -- Between acceptance and aversion : Jews and Christians in Luxembourg in the 19th and early 20th centuries / Stephanie Schlesier -- From Luxembourg to Philadelphia : Samuel Hirsch's transnational Reform Judaism -- "One always panders to the basest Jew-hatred" : Samuel Hirsch, Der Volksfreund and Luxemburger Worfs campaign against secularization and Jewish emancipation 1848-50 / Thorsten Fuchshuber -- A sense of loneliness : Samuel Hirsch's American years / Michael A. Meyer. |
| Abstract | "Rabbi Samuel Hirsch is one of the most important Jewish Reform theologians and philosophers of religion of the first half of the 19th century. To this day, he remains one of the key figures for understanding the debates of the time on questions of Jewish emancipation, the shape of Jewish identity, the compatibility of religion with state and society, the relationship between particularism and universalism as well as the critique of antisemitism. His writings are among the most authoritative of Reform Judaism; his influence on liberal Judaism in Europe and the USA is rivalled only by that of Abraham Geiger. Surprisingly, no detailed monograph or lengthy publication has yet attempted an overall presentation of the multi-layered significance of Samuel Hirsch. It is the aim of the present volume to fill this lacuna."-- Back cover. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 301-325) and indexes. |
| Issued in other form | Electronic version: Samuel Hirsch. Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter, [2022] 9783110476392 9783110475289 |
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| ISBN | 9783110464344 |
| ISBN | 3110464349 (hardback) |
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