The Political Perfection of Original Judaism: Pedagogical Governance and Ecclesiastical Power in Mendelssohn's Jerusalem

Moses Mendelssohn famously penned his Jerusalem; or, On Religious Power and Judaism in response to a public challenge. Mendelssohn had declared “ecclesiastical power” to be a contradiction in terms, and had thus come out strongly against the use of coercion in religious life, and against the ban of...

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Main Author: Pollock, Benjamin 1971- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Cambridge Univ. Press [2015]
In: Harvard theological review
Year: 2015, Volume: 108, Issue: 2, Pages: 167-196
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Mendelssohn, Moses 1729-1786, Jerusalem oder über religiöse Macht und Judentum / Israel (Antiquity) / Judaism / Religious policy / Perfection
RelBib Classification:AB Philosophy of religion; criticism of religion; atheism
AD Sociology of religion; religious policy
BH Judaism
HB Old Testament
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