The Legacy of German Jewry / / Hermann Levin Goldschmidt.

First published in 1957, The Legacy of German Jewry is a comprehensive rethinking of the German-Jewish experience. Goldschmidt challenges the elegiac view of Gershom Scholem, showing us the German-Jewish legacy in literature, philosophy, and critical thought in a new light. Part One re-examines the...

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Place / Publishing House:New York, NY : : Fordham University Press, , [2022]
©2008
Year of Publication:2022
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (265 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • contents
  • Introduction
  • Contributors
  • Part One
  • 1. Origins of the Modern
  • 2. The Breakthrough to Modernity
  • 3. The Role of German Jewry
  • Part Two
  • 4. Historical Stages
  • 5. Equal Rights, Not Assimilation!
  • 6. Steps Toward Emancipation
  • 7. Gabriel Riesser’s Greatest Deed
  • 8. Emancipation’s Greatest Foe
  • 9. The Final Step to Emancipation
  • 10. A Few Figures
  • 11. The Dual Legacy of Theodor Herzl
  • 12. The Lifework of Martin Buber
  • 13. The Jewish State and the World Jewish Congress
  • Part Three
  • 14. The Essence of Judaism
  • 15. Philosophy Out of the Sources of Judaism
  • 16. World History of the Jewish People
  • 17. Science from a Jewish Perspective
  • 18. Education Without End
  • 19. Jewish Literature
  • 20. The Empty House and Shofar
  • 21. Jewish Self-Hatred
  • 22. The Jewish Quest for a German Bible
  • 23. Judaism’s Message of the Kingdom of God
  • Part Four
  • 24. The End
  • 25. Sorrow
  • 26. Continuity
  • 27. The Legacy of German Jewry
  • Afterword
  • Notes
  • Bible Index
  • Index