The Berlin Haskalah And German Religious Thought: Orphans Of Knowledge (Parkes-Wiener Series)

In this provocative work, first given as the Sherman Lectures at Manchester University (1997), David Sorkin takes issue with the conventional view of the Berlin Haskalah as a peculiarly Jewish phenomenon by comparing it with Protestant and Catholic parallels in German-speaking central Europe.”” “”This work offers a new perspective on the Haskalah that will be of interest to all concerned with modern Jewish history, German history and religion in the modern world.