- haskalah
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HASKALAH — (Heb. הַשְׂכָּלָה), Hebrew term for the Enlightenment movement and ideology which began within Jewish society in the 1770s. An adherent of Haskalah became known as a maskil (pl. maskilim). The movement continued to be influential and spread, with … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Haskalah — Moses Mendelssohn (1729–86) inspired the Haskalah movement in 18th century Germany Haskalah (Hebrew: השכלה; enlightenment, education from sekhel intellect , mind ), the Jewish Enlightenment, was a movement among European Jews in the 18th–19th… … Wikipedia
Haskalah — Haskala Les Juifs et le judaïsme Généralités Qui est Juif ? · Terminologie · Conversion Judaïsme : Principes de foi Noms de Dieu dans le judaïsme Tanakh (Bible hébraïque) : Torah · … Wikipédia en Français
haskalah — ˌhaskəˈlä, häsˈkȯlə noun ( s) Usage: usually capitalized, often attributive Etymology: New Hebrew haśkālāh, literally, intellect, enlightenment : an intellectual enlightenment movement among Jews of eastern Europe in the 18th and 19th centuries… … Useful english dictionary
Haskalah — Haskala (השכלה) (auch: Haskalah) entstammt der hebräischen Wortwurzel שכל s k l, woraus unter anderem das Wort Sechel (Verstand) abgeleitet wird. Haskala bedeutet Bildung, Aufklärung und bezeichnet insbesondere die jüdische Aufklärung in der Zeit … Deutsch Wikipedia
Haskalah — /hah skeuh lah /; Ashk. Heb. /hah skaw leuh/; Seph. Heb. /hah skah lah /, n. an 18th 19th century movement among central and eastern European Jews, begun in Germany under the leadership of Moses Mendelssohn, designed to make Jews and Judaism more … Universalium
Haskalah — Ha•ska•lah [[t]hɑˈskɑ lɑ, ˌhɑ skɑˈlɑ[/t]] n. jud an 18th–19th century movement among central and E European Jews, intended to modernize Jews and Judaism by encouraging adoption of secular European culture • Etymology: 1900–10; < Heb haśkālāh… … From formal English to slang
Haskalah — (‘enlightenment’) A movement from mid 18 century for introducing general European culture into Jewish life. A follower is called maskil (plur. maskilim) … Who’s Who in Jewish History after the period of the Old Testament
Haskalah — n. Jewish enlightenment movement in the 18th and 19th centuries that was influenced by European intellectuals and sought to offer secular education to European Jews … English contemporary dictionary
Jewish Enlightenment — Haskalah, Jewish philosophical movement of the 18th and 19th centuries which promoted the teaching of secular knowledge within the Jewish community … English contemporary dictionary
