A Polynesian, a Jew, and a Hindu Walk into Jerusalem: On Mendelssohn’s Religious Universalism
In his Jerusalem, Moses Mendelssohn describes a Polynesian visitor to Dessau before traveling to India by way of ancient Jerusalem. In two pages, Mendelssohn has crossed the world, doing so to argue that in spite of their cultural differences, most human beings ultimately share basic salvific religi...
| Published in: | The journal of Jewish thought & philosophy |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Brill
[2020]
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| In: |
The journal of Jewish thought & philosophy
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Mendelssohn, Moses 1729-1786, Jerusalem oder über religiöse Macht und Judentum
/ Interfaith dialogue
/ Judaism
/ Universalism
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| RelBib Classification: | AB Philosophy of religion; criticism of religion; atheism AX Inter-religious relations BH Judaism |
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cultural sensitivity
B Omai B Pluralism B Mendelssohn B Jewish universalism |
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| Summary: | In his Jerusalem, Moses Mendelssohn describes a Polynesian visitor to Dessau before traveling to India by way of ancient Jerusalem. In two pages, Mendelssohn has crossed the world, doing so to argue that in spite of their cultural differences, most human beings ultimately share basic salvific religious truths. This paper explores the religious universalism reflected in this striking passage, analyzes Mendelssohn’s cultural sensitivity and pluralism, and offers a characterization of the particularities of Mendelssohn’s Jewish universalism as well as concluding thoughts on the varieties of universalism more generally. |
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| ISSN: | 1477-285X |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: The journal of Jewish thought & philosophy
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/1477285X-12341308 |