Description: FULLY IN GERMAN. The full title reads, ÜBER JUDEN UND JUDENTUM. VORTRÄGE UND AUFSÄTZE, which translates to, ABOUT JEWS AND JEWISHNESS. LECTURES AND ESSAY. Authored by Heymann Steinthal, published by Gustav Karpeles. Part of the series "Schriften herausgegeben von der Gesellschaft zur Förderung der Wissenschaft des Judentums.", which translates to, "Writings published by the Society for the Advancement of the Science of Judaism." Overall in GOOD OR BETTER CONDITION. Burgundy boards with moderate corner and top/bottom spine wear, light edge wear, gilt titling and decoration front board and spine, lightly rubbed but clear. Brown endpapers. The front free brown endpaper was fully detached and a bit shredded at the edges. I reattached it to the spine using binding paper, which keeps it present. xii, 307 clean and solidly bound pages, with no interior previous owner markings, few light foxing marks on several pages throughout, black page edges. On the author including a word on this publication: "STEINTHAL, HERMANN HEYMANN (1823–1899), German philologist and philosopher. He studied in Berlin and Paris (where he spent three years in the study of Chinese language and literature), was appointed lecturer in philology and mythology at Berlin University in 1850 and in 1855 associate professor of general philology. In 1872 he was appointed to the chair of biblical studies and philosophy of religion at the Hochschule fuer die Wissenschaft des Judentums. Steinthal and his brother-in-law, Moritz *Lazarus, founded the science of racial psychology (Voelkerpsychologie) and the Zeitschrift fuer Voelkerpsychologie und Sprachwissenschaft (from 1860). Having studied under Wilhelm von Humboldt, he edited the latter's Sprachwissenschaftliche Werke (1884) and wrote extensively in this field, e.g., Die Sprachwissenschaft Wilhelm von Humboldts und die Hegelsche Philosophie (1848), Die Klassifikation der Sprachen (1850), Der Ursprung der Sprache im Zusammenhang mit den letzten Fragen alles Wissens (1851), Die Entwicklung der Schrift (1852), Geschichte der Sprachwissenschaft bei den Griechen und Roemern (1863), Abriss der Sprachwissenschaft (1871–78), Gesammelte kleine Schriften (1880), and Allgemeine Ethik (1885). Steinthal also retained a lifelong interest in, and devotion to, Judaism and Jewish life. Serving as a director of the *Deutsch-Israelitischer Gemeindebund he frequently lectured and wrote newspaper articles in his capacity as a Jewish spokesman. His essays Zu Bibel und Religions-philosophie (1890, 1895) reflect his ethical and aesthetic (rather than higher critical) approach to the Bible. In his collection of essays and addresses, Ueber Juden und Judentum (1906), he showed his pride in his Jewish roots. Steinthal polemicized against Bruno *Bauer and others who showed Christian prejudice in their treatment of Judaism and he defended both Jews and Judaism against antisemitic attacks. He saw in prophetism the distinguishing mark of ancient Israel, setting it apart from other peoples, even as for him both Germanism and Judaism were inspirations for moral action." B83
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Binding: Hardcover
Language: German
Author: Heymann Steinthal
Publisher: Gustav Karpeles
Topic: Religion
Subject: History
Location: B83
