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Wolf, J. [Joseph] : SECHS DEUTSCHE REDEN: GEHALTEN IN DER SYNAGOGE ZU DESSAU NEBST EINER HEBRAISCHEN UEBERSETZUNG DERSELBEN. [COMPLETE IN 2 VOLUMES]

Dessau: M. Philippsohn, (Gedruckt Bei C. Schleider), 1812-1813

1st Edition. Period Stylized Paper Wrappers. 8vo. 2 Volumes in 1: [119], 102 pages ; 16 cm. In German. The first volumes of published German sermons written by a Jew. Title translates into English as “Six German Sermons from the Synagogue in Dessau. ” Both volumes have the same title, and each contain six different sermons. In his essay “Preacher, Teacher, Publicist: Joseph Wolf and the Ideology of Emancipation, ” Yale University Professor David Sorkin discusses the significance of this publication, suggesting that Wolf "retained his own characteristic version of the Dessau tradition of the conservative Haskalah but gave it a radical turn by altering its context rather than its content. The new context was the German-language media of the journal and the sermon. In 1805 Wolf began to give some of the first German-language sermons in the Dessau synagogue. These were the exception in Central Europe....Wolf's sermons followed the best Enlightenment Protestant models of the time in their elevated diction, sombre tone and clearly demarcated three- or four-part structure. Here the religious Enlightenment, or at least its forms, seemed to have penetrated to the very heart of Judaism, the synagogue....In 1806 Wolf also helped to found the first German-language journal to be published by Jews in Germany, Sulamith....clearly heir to the Haskalah....In the media of the sermon and the German-language journal, Wolf helped lay the foundations of a 'public sphere, ' the organs of communication in which a collective identity and cultural-political consciousness could be created for the emerging German-Jewish middle classes....Wolf gathered the best of his sermons into two volumes. When they appeared in 1821-1813, they were the first volumes of published German sermons written and delivered by a Jew. Wolf's sermons inaugurated a veritable flood of sermonic literature, which continued unabated into the twentieth century. As early as the 1830s some observers were declaring the German-language sermon to be the most important of the abundant innovations aimed at rehabilitating Judaism and the Jews. " (Sorkin, pp.119-122) . The significance of this change was not lost on the author, who titled this collection, “Six GERMAN Sermons. ” Notably, it was also the last publication of the great Haskalah publisher Moses Philippsohn, who was closely associated with Moses Mendelssohn. “Philippson (1775 — 1814) was a Jewish writer, teacher, translator and publisher … (who) contributed significantly to spreading the German language of the Jews among the Jews, and by fostering the links with German culture. ” (Wikipedia, 2017) SUBJECT(S) : Jewish sermons, German. OCLC lists 10 copies worldwide with no copies on the American East Coast. Jewish institutional stamp on title page. Wrappers worn and back wrapper is creased. Paper toning. Overall, a nice copy of this historic book. About very good condition. (GER-59-17)

Wolf, J. [Joseph] : SECHS DEUTSCHE REDEN: GEHALTEN IN DER SYNAGOGE ZU DESSAU NEBST EINER HEBRAISCHEN UEBERSETZUNG DERSELBEN

Dessau: M. Philippsohn, (Gedruckt Bei C. Schleider), 1812

1st Edition.Period boards. 12mo. 119 pages ; 16 cm. In German. The first volume of published German sermons written by a Jew. Title translates into English as “Six German Sermons from the Synagogue in Dessau. ” In his essay “Preacher, Teacher, Publicist: Joseph Wolf and the Ideology of Emancipation, ” Yale University Professor David Sorkin discusses the significance of this publication, suggesting that Wolf "retained his own characteristic version of the Dessau tradition of the conservative Haskalah but gave it a radical turn by altering its context rather than its content. The new context was the German-language media of the journal and the sermon. In 1805 Wolf began to give some of the first German-language sermons in the Dessau synagogue. These were the exception in Central Europe....Wolf's sermons followed the best Enlightenment Protestant models of the time in their elevated diction, sombre tone and clearly demarcated three- or four-part structure. Here the religious Enlightenment, or at least its forms, seemed to have penetrated to the very heart of Judaism, the synagogue....In 1806 Wolf also helped to found the first German-language journal to be published by Jews in Germany, Sulamith....clearly heir to the Haskalah....In the media of the sermon and the German-language journal, Wolf helped lay the foundations of a 'public sphere, ' the organs of communication in which a collective identity and cultural-political consciousness could be created for the emerging German-Jewish middle classes....Wolf gathered the best of his sermons into two volumes. When they appeared in 1821-1813, they were the first volumes of published German sermons written and delivered by a Jew. Wolf's sermons inaugurated a veritable flood of sermonic literature, which continued unabated into the twentieth century. As early as the 1830s some observers were declaring the German-language sermon to be the most important of the abundant innovations aimed at rehabilitating Judaism and the Jews. " (Sorkin, pp.119-122) . The significance of this change was not lost on the author, who titled this collection, “Six GERMAN Sermons. ” A second volume was issued the next year, with the same title, and with an additional six sermons. Notably, these two volumes were the last publication of the great Haskalah publisher Moses Philippsohn, who was closely associated with Moses Mendelssohn. “Philippson (1775 — 1814) was a Jewish writer, teacher, translator and publisher … (who) contributed significantly to spreading the German language of the Jews among the Jews, and by fostering the links with German culture. ” (Wikipedia, 2017) SUBJECT(S) : Jewish sermons, German. OCLC lists 10 copies worldwide with no copies on the American East Coast. Jewish institutional stamp on title page. Foxing throughout, spine rebacked with tape, with last leaf starting. About Good+ condition thus. (GER-59-17A)

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