Title:
Etwas zur Charackteristick der Juden
Author:
Bendavid, Lazarus
Place of publication:
Leipzig
Publisher:
Stahel
Date:
1793
Physical description:
66 p. ; 17 cm
Language:
German
Subject:
Enlightenment -- Germany -- History
Judaism and state
Description:
In his controversial treatise of 1793 Etwas zur Charackteristick der Juden
(Notes regarding the characteristics of the Jews), he characterized four groups
that, in his view, made up contemporary Jewish society as it faced the
challenges of modernization: the majority group of 'unreformable' Jews (...),
the libertines (...), the group of decent moral Jews who still clung to
unreformed Judaism (...) and the small group of 'truly enlightened' (...)
of which he saw himself as a representative*
Shelfmark:
Mont 60g53
Image cite as:
Foyle–Montefiore Collection, Leopold Zunz Collection
Leopold Müller Memorial Library
Book ID number:
006
Full text digitised by:
Internet Archive - Community - opensource
Digitised (date):
-
* Feiner, S. & N. Naimark Goldberg, Cultural Revolution in Berlin, Oxford: 2011, pp 70-71.
< back
Book ID. 006
Image: 'Etwas ... ' - title page
Click on the image to see it in high resolution
DOWNLOADS AND LINKS:
Access the full text at the Internet Archive:
