{"product_id":"voltaires-jews-and-modern-jewish-harvey-mitchell-9781138789265","title":"Voltaire's Jews and Modern Jewish Identity: Rethinking the Enlightenment","description":"\u003cp\u003eHarvey Mitchell's book argues that a reassessment of Voltaire's treatment of traditional Judaism will sharpen discussion of the origins of, and responses to, the Enlightenment. His study shows how Voltaire's nearly total antipathy to Judaism is best understood by stressing his self-regard as the author of an enlightened and rational universal history, which found Judaism's memory of its past incoherent, and, in addition, failed to meet the criteria of objective history--a project in which he failed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCalling on an array of Jewish and non-Jewish figures to reveal how modern interpretations of Judaism may be traced to the core ideas of the Enlightenment, this book concludes that Voltaire paradoxically helped to foster the ambiguities and uncertainties of Judaism's future.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Harvey Mitchell\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1138789267\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781138789265\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/21\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 292\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.88lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.70h x 6.00w x 0.70d","brand":"Harvey Mitchell","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48113287135487,"sku":"9781138789265","price":51.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_77eac866-a925-4926-a026-2d83a5fac269.jpg?v=1769614100","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/voltaires-jews-and-modern-jewish-harvey-mitchell-9781138789265","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}