Haskalah and Beyond: The Reception of the Hebrew Enlightenment and the Emergence of Haskalah Judaism

By Moshe Pelli

Book Overview

This book discusses the Hebrew Haskalah (Enlightenment), representing the emergence of modernism and perhaps the budding of some aspects of secularism in Jewish society, following the efforts of the Hebrew and Jewish enlighteners to introduce changes into Jewish culture and Jewish life, and to revitalize the Hebrew language and literature.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0761852034
• ISBN13: 9780761852032
• Release Date: August 2010
• Publisher: Globe Pequot Publishing Group Inc/Bloomsbury
• Length: 266 Pages
• Weight: 0.88 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 8.9"