# Moses Mendelssohn and the Religious Enlightenment

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- Authors: [David Sorkin](https://www.bookquiver.com/david-sorkin)
- Language: en_GB
- Published: 2004-02-26

## Description

Moses Mendelssohn (1729-1786) was the premier Jewish thinker of his day and one of the best-known figures of the German Enlightenment, earning the sobriquet " the Socrates of Berlin". Mendelssohn has been treated as a symbol of the modern Jewish predicament, symbolising the conflict between Jewish tradition and secular culture.

## Editions

### Moses Mendelssohn and the Religious Enlightenment

- Publisher: halban_publishers
- ISBN: 978-18-7001-582-0
- Pages: 1
- Published: 2004-02-26
- Language: en_GB