Michah Gottlieb Faith And Freedom Summary
“Faith and Freedom” Book Review
By Michah Gottlieb
When and by whom was it written: Published in 2nd March 2011, written by Michah Gottlieb
Background of Author: Michah Gottlieb is Assistant Professor in the Department of Hebrew and Judaic Studies at New York University. Earned his PhD at Indiana University in 2003.
Professor at New York University today.
Written Books as well as articles:
Jewish Protestantism: Translation and The Turn to the Bible in German Judaism (under contract, Oxford University Press)
Reconsidering Moses Mendelssohn: New Perspectives on Enlightenment, Religion, and Politics (University of Maryland Press, co-editor with Charles Manekin, in press)
Faith, Reason, Politics: Essays on the History of Jewish Thought (Academic Studies Press, 2013)
Faith and Freedom: Moses Mendelssohn’s Theological-Political Thought (Oxford University Press, 2011)
Overview: The outbreak of the "Pantheism Controversy" in the eighteenth century sparked arguments between Jewish philosopher Moses Mendelssohn and the Christian Counter-Enlightenment thinker Friedrich Heinrich Jacobi. While Mendelssohn argued that reason confirmed belief in a providential God and in an immortal soul, Jacobi claimed that its consistent application led to atheism and fatalism.
By Michah Gottlieb
When and by whom was it written: Published in 2nd March 2011, written by Michah Gottlieb
Background of Author: Michah Gottlieb is Assistant Professor in the Department of Hebrew and Judaic Studies at New York University. Earned his PhD at Indiana University in 2003.
Professor at New York University today.
Written Books as well as articles:
Jewish Protestantism: Translation and The Turn to the Bible in German Judaism (under contract, Oxford University Press)
Reconsidering Moses Mendelssohn: New Perspectives on Enlightenment, Religion, and Politics (University of Maryland Press, co-editor with Charles Manekin, in press)
Faith, Reason, Politics: Essays on the History of Jewish Thought (Academic Studies Press, 2013)
Faith and Freedom: Moses Mendelssohn’s Theological-Political Thought (Oxford University Press, 2011)
Overview: The outbreak of the "Pantheism Controversy" in the eighteenth century sparked arguments between Jewish philosopher Moses Mendelssohn and the Christian Counter-Enlightenment thinker Friedrich Heinrich Jacobi. While Mendelssohn argued that reason confirmed belief in a providential God and in an immortal soul, Jacobi claimed that its consistent application led to atheism and fatalism.