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2815281
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Miscellaneous
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Dr. Abraham Geiger - Handgeschreven brief [04]
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4
Year
1870
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11.5 x 17.8
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1 letter (single sheet written 1-sided) from a series of 16 letters written by Abraham Geiger between 1863 and 1874, 2 of which have his own letterhead: Dr. Abr. Geiger, Rabbiner, Berlin, and initials embossed on 1 letter. Plus 4 sheets with handwriting: 3 sheets in shorthand. 1 sheet with instructions for the distribution (?) Of (a part?) Of his possessions. Plus a letter folder from that time with embroidered initials, in poor condition. On the inside 2 storage compartments for letters. The condition they are in: very neat considering their age: folds, folds, small tears. (See photos). Abraham Geiger (1810-1874): Dr. Abr. Geiger was one of the foremost exponents of Judaism reform; As an author (many books and publications to his name), historian and critic, he was one of the pioneers of the science of Judaism ("Wissenschaft des Judentums"). He was editor of Jewish scientific publications and also teacher at the Berlin Hochschule (now Lehranstalt) für die Wissenschaft des Judentums. Dr. Abraham Geiger became Rabbi in Breslau. In Breslau he founded a school for religious studies and a group for the study of Hebrew philology. He was one of the most active participants in the Synods held by the reformist rabbis in Frankfort (1845) and Breslau (1846). Since the goal of modern Judaism was to live a lifestyle that was to bring sanctity to the modern world, a world of science and truth; all outdated rabbinic law had to pass the test of reason, morality, and modernity. If an act separated a Jew from the modern, secular world, it was a religious duty for a Jew to distance itself from it. Geiger believed that the entire Jewish tradition was an evolutionary process. He saw that each generation of Jews developed practical actions that expressed the eternal ethical laws inherent in Judaism.

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