| The Transformation of German Jewry, 1780-1840 Contributor(s): Sorkin, David (Author) |
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ISBN: 0814328288 ISBN-13: 9780814328286 Publisher: Wayne State University Press OUR PRICE: $27.71 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 1999 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Jewish - General - History | Europe - Germany |
| Dewey: 943.004 |
| LCCN: 99026773 |
| Physical Information: 0.67" H x 5.54" W x 8.57" (0.70 lbs) 272 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1800-1850 - Chronological Period - 18th Century - Chronological Period - 19th Century - Cultural Region - Germany - Ethnic Orientation - Jewish |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This study analyzes the transformation of German Jewry in the period from 1780-1840 in order to explain why the nature of the most visible Jewry in modern Europe remained essentially invisible to its own members and to subsequent generations. German Jewry was the most visible of the modern European Jewries because in its history all of the hallmarks of modernity seemed to have converged in their fullest and most volatile forms. The Transformation of German Jewry 1780-1840 thoroughly explores this period of time when large numbers of Jews were integrated into a non-Jewish society. Sorkin examines the revolution of German Jewry through the study of journals, sermons, novels, and theological popularizations that constituted this new German-Jewish "public sphere." This study may also be applied beyond the confines of Jewish history, for it is a study in the afterlife of the German Enlightenment, the Aufkl rung, in the culture of liberalism. |