Naphtulei Naphtali - Erste Mitteilungen aus Naphtali’s Briefwechsel [First Report of Naphtali’s Correspondence]

(HIRSCH, SAMSON RAPHAEL).

Johann Friedrich Hammerich

Altona

1838

Although the title contains the pseudonym “Ben Usiel,” Rabbiner Hirsch records his name following the introduction. The volume also contains advertisements for Hirsch’s other works: Horeb and The Nineteen Letters. In the present text Rabbiner Hirsch refutes the theories of the Reform Movement, especially criticizing Creizenbach and Geiger who he claims falsified sources to the Bible and Talmud. The work caused a considerable stir in liberal circles and articles attacking it appeared in Philippson’s Algemeine Zeitung des Judentums. See E. Klugman, Rabbi Samson Raphael Hirsch (1996) pp. 72-3.