Moses Mendelssohn’s Living Script
Â鶹ÊÓƵ the author: Elias Sacks is Assistant Professor of Religious Studies and Jewish Studies at the Â鶹ÊÓƵ.
Reviews: "Scholars will take issue with this or that in Sacks's arguments, but they will not be able to ignore his work. It forces a rethinking of Mendelssohn's thought at a time when attention is again being focused on this Jewish thinker. Sacks's middle ground on Mendelssohn's traditionalism or radicalism seems to me a persuasive one and will, I believe, win broad, if not complete acceptance."
—Michael A. Meyer, author of Judaism within Modernity
"Elias Sacks's suggestion that Mendelssohn is philosophically motivated by the threat of historical consciousness to traditional Judaism is novel. A fresh, important, and exciting argument for the continued relevance of this founder of modern Jewish thought."
—Paul E. Nahme, Brown University