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2815383
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Miscellaneous
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Dr. Abraham Geiger - Handgeschreven brief [10]
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10
Year
1866
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13.2 x 21.1
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1 letter (single sheet, one-sided, with initials punched in) from a series of 16 letters handwritten by Abraham Geiger between 1863 and 1874, of which 2 letters have his own letterhead: Dr. Abr. Geiger, Rabbiner, Berlin, and 1 letter have embossed initials. Plus 4 sheets with handwriting: 3 sheets in shorthand. 1 sheet with instructions for the distribution (?) Of (a part?) Of his belongings. Plus a letter folder from that time with embroidered initials on it, in poor condition. 2 storage compartments for letters on the inside. The condition they are in: very neat considering the age: folds, folds, small tears (see photos). Abraham Geiger (1810-1874): Dr. Abr. Geiger was one of the major 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 teacher at the Berlin Hochschule (now Lehranstalt) für die Wissenschaft des Judentums. Dr. Abraham Geiger became Rabbi in Breslau. In Breslau he established 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 Frankfurt (1845) and Breslau (1846). Since the purpose of modern Judaism was to live a lifestyle that should bring holiness to the modern world, a world of science and truth; all obsolete rabbinic legislation had to pass the test of reason, morality and modernity. If an act detached a Jew from the modern, secular world, then it was a religious duty for a Jew to renounce 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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