Jerusalem. Oder über religiöse Macht und Judentum

AUCTION 33 | Tuesday, June 20th, 2006 at 1:00

Fine Judaica: Including Hebrew Printed Books, Manuscripts, & Autograph Letters

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Lot 94

MENDELSSOHN, MOSES

Jerusalem. Oder über religiöse Macht und Judentum

FIRST EDITION. Two parts in one volume Part I: pp.96. Part II: pp.141. Foxed. Modern calf-backed cloth. 8vo Fürst II, 364

Berlin: Friedrich Maurer 1783

Est: $300 - $500

The complex nature of Mendelssohnian thought is present within this, his most important work. For the two parts of “Jerusalem” clash with one another. While Part One is a plea for absolute freedom of conscience, Part Two upholds religious authority. In Part One is found Mendelssohn the political reformer; in Part Two, Mendelssohn the Jew. See A. Altmann, Moses Mendelssohn (1973) p.517