Salvation through Spinoza
A Study of Jewish Culture in Weimar Germany
Biographical note
David J. Wertheim Ph.D. (2005) in History, Universiteit Utrecht, Netherlands, is director of the Menasseh ben Israel Institute for Jewish social and cultural studies in Amsterdam. He has published extensively on the reception of the iconic figures Spinoza and Anne Frank.
Readership
All those interested in Spinoza, German Jewish culture, the cultural history of Weimar Germany and Jewish Studies in general. These include besides specialists a large group of educated laymen.
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