Author : Ismar Schorsch
Publisher : University of Pennsylvania Press
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 48,40 MB
Release : 2016-12-20
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0812248538
In 1818, with a single essay of vast scope and stunning detail, Leopold Zunz launched the turn to history in modern Judaism. In Leopold Zunz: Creativity in Adversity, Ismar Schorsch, a distinguished scholar of German Jewish culture, has written the first full-fledged biography of this remarkable man.
Author : Ismar Schorsch
Publisher : University of Pennsylvania Press
Page : 342 pages
File Size : 18,55 MB
Release : 2016-10-27
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0812293320
In 1818, with a single essay of vast scope and stunning detail, Leopold Zunz launched the turn to history in modern Judaism. Despite unending setbacks, he persevered for more than five decades to produce a body of enduring scholarship that would inspire young Jews streaming into German universities and alter forever the understanding of Judaism. By the time of his death in 1886, his vision and labor had given rise to a historical discourse and intellectual movement that devolved into vibrant sub-fields as it expanded to other geographic centers of Jewish life. Yet Zunz was a part-time scholar, at best, in search of employment that would leave him time to study. In addition to his pioneering scholarship, he was as deeply engaged in ending the political tutelage of German Christians as the civil disabilities of German Jews. And to his credit, these commitments did not come at the expense of his loyalty to the Jewish community, which he was ever ready to serve. Zunz once quipped that "those who have read my books are far from knowing me." To complement his books, Zunz left behind a treasure trove of notes, letters and papers, documents that the distinguished scholar of German Jewish culture, Ismar Schorsch, has zealously utilized to write this, the first full-fledged biography of a remarkable man.
Author : H. J. Zimmels
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Page : 39 pages
File Size : 48,36 MB
Release : 1947
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Author : H. J. Zimmels
Publisher : Forgotten Books
Page : 43 pages
File Size : 47,18 MB
Release : 2015-06-16
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781330106754
Excerpt from Leopold Zunz: His Life and Times After his father's death Yom Tob was sent to the Free School at Wolfenbuttel which had been founded by the philanthropic family Samson (hence its name "Samson'sche Freischule"). It was a home with a Beth Ha-Midrash attached, and Zunz attended the latter which differed little from a heder, since no other subject was taught but Bible and Talmud. Before long, however, conditions at this school changed for the better. In the year 1807 its whole system of education was reorganized under the direction of Samuel Meyer Ehrenberg, one of the enlightened Measefim (writers in the periodical Measef). He introduced secular studies into the curriculum and improved methods of teaching so that, when Zunz left the school in the year 1809, he had a firm grounding in Bible, Talmud and the Hebrew language. His Further Training From the year 1809 until 1815, Zunz attended the Gymnasium at Wolfenbuttel, and prepared himself for the University. At the same time he taught at the Samson Free School in which he had previously been a pupil. In the year 1815 he left Wolfenbuttel for Berlin to take up his studies at the University. History, philology and mathematics were his main subjects, and he earned his livelihood by giving private instruction. It was at the University that Zunz became inspired with the idea which was to lead to the opening of a new era of Jewish scholarship and to establish his fame for ever - this was the "Science of Judaism" (Wissenschaft des Judentums). Founder of the "Science of Judaism" What is the "Science of Judaism"? What is its method? About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Author : Hirsch Jakob Zimmels
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Page : 39 pages
File Size : 36,34 MB
Release : 192?
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Author : Michael A. Meyer
Publisher : Wayne State University Press
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 50,27 MB
Release : 1972-04-01
Category : History
ISBN : 0814337546
An excellent overview of the intellectual history of important figures in German Jewry. Until the 18th century Jews lived in Christian Europe, spiritually and often physically removed form the stream of European culture. During the Enlightenment intellectual Europe accepted a philosophy which, by the universality of its ideals, reached out to embrace the Jew within the greater community of man. The Jew began to feel European, and his traditional identity became a problem for the first time. the response of the Jewish intellectual leadership in Germany to this crisis is the subject of this book. Chief among those men who struggled with the problems of Jewish consciousness were Moses Mendelssohn, David Friedlander, Leopold Zunz, Eduard Gans, and Heinrich Heine. By 1824, liberal Judaism had not yet produced a vision of it future as a separate entity within European society, but it had been exposed to and grappled with all the significant problems that still confront the Jew in the West.
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Page : pages
File Size : 42,14 MB
Release : 1952
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Author : H. J. Zimmels
Publisher : Forgotten Books
Page : 42 pages
File Size : 49,23 MB
Release : 2017-10-29
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780265934616
Excerpt from Leopold Zunz: His Life and Times One of the outstanding Jewish literary develop ments of the nineteenth century is closely connected with the-name of Yom Tob Lippmann Zunz more familiarly known as Leopold Zunz. This was the employment of a new method in Jewish scholarship. Hitherto Jewish scholarship had been almost entirely one - sided. The study of the Talmud, for instance, was with few exceptions limited to the knowledge of its contents to the complete neglect of its sociological background and historical growth. The age of Enlightenment introduced by Mendelssohn in the 18th century did not bring any real improvement in this respect as the Haskalah movement had an entirely different aim, to make the Jews acquaint with general culture. Lack of comprehension of the historical development of the Jewish people and its literature remained therefore as stron ly marked as before. The method introduced by tuuz, however, completely revolutionized Jewish learning, to such an extent as to make it possible to speak of Modern Jewish Scholarship. A record of the life and work of such a man cannot fail to be of interest. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Author : Shmuel Feiner
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 39,61 MB
Release : 2011
Category : Berlin (Germany)
ISBN : 9781851242917
The process of secularization, which is one of the sources of present-day democracy, has its radical origins in eighteenth-century Europe. Criticism of religious norms and discipline, institutions and ideology led to the movement known as the Enlightenment. Its Jewish protagonists (the maskilim), a young intellectual elite, undertook the role of culturally revolutionizing eighteenth-century Jewish society. They aimed at overturning the monopolistic control of rabbinic scholars over education, publications, and social behaviour in favour of secular intellectual values. They sought to promote political rights and religious tolerance, embraced humanism, rationalism, and freedom of opinion. In turn, the end of Jewish isolation brought about a significant contribution to philosophy, science, and art, and participation in the culture of modern European society.This introduction to the emergence of Jewish Enlightenment (Haskalah) in Germany pays special attention to its most famous figure, Moses Mendelssohn, who was active at the centre of the Enlightenment in Berlin. The volume is richly illustrated with images of eighteenth-century manuscripts, books, and pamphlets, some of which are published here for the first time, and which derive from a collection assembled by the famous nineteenth-century scholar Leopold Zunz. This is an attractive book providing an excellent guide to the major cultural metamorphosis represented by Jewish Enlightenment.
Author : Leopold Zunz
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Page : 464 pages
File Size : 25,66 MB
Release : 1958
Category : Jewish scholars
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A collection of the letters of Leopold and Adelheid Zunz, S.M. Ehrenberg, and others, edited for the most part from those in the Franz Rosenzweig Archives.
