Mendelssohn on Divine Sovereignty and the Limits of Modern Jewish Integration
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 30 March 2023
Chapter 2 looks at Mendelssohn’s understanding of permitted or forbidden areas of Jewish participation in modern society. It highlights how key areas of life in the modern state, such as military service and carrying out capital punishment, become highly problematic in Mendelssohn’s theopolitical framework and understanding of divine sovereignty, and explores the profound implications of this for Mendelssohn’s political philosophy as a whole and for his account of the relation between Judaism and Christianity.
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