Reading Maimonides' Philosophy in 19th Century Germany

Part I: Maimonides - the Guide for the Reform Movement in Germany.- 2. The First Reform rabbis Abraham Geiger Heinrich Graetz Moritz Eisler and Leopold Stein.- 3. The Rabbinical Seminaries Manuel Joel David Kaufmann Anti-Aristotelianism Philipp Bloch, Wolf Mischel and Israel Finkelscherer The Baden Prayerbook Religious Schoolbook and the Jewish Catechism The Moses ben Maimon Volumes Felix Perles, Wilhelm Bacher and Adolf Biach .- 4. The Return to Philosophy David Neumark Hermann Cohen Benzion Kellermann.- Part II: Specific Problems in the Reception of Maimonides' Philosophy in Nineteenth-and Early Twentieth-Century Germany.- 5. Divine Attributes - The Ethical Concept of God Manuel Joel Abraham Geiger and Moritz Eisler David Kaufmann Hermann Cohen's Ethics of Maimonides Benzion Kellermann Hermann Cohen's Religion of Reason.- 6. The Law The Reform Approach to the Law Simon Scheyer's Translation of the Guide Maimonides' Reasons for the Commandments.- 7. Maimonides and Kant Salomon Maimon .- 8 "Rambam or Maimonides"- Orthodox Reactions to the Liberal Maimonides Renaissance (1836-1936) Samson Raphael Hirsch Israel Deutsch and J. Bukofzer Josef Gugenheimer The Berlin Orthodox Seminary and Ignatz Münz David Hoffmann Simon Eppenstein Joseph Wohlgemuth Israel Friedländer Arnold Klein Appendix: The Debate Between Julius Guttmann and Leo Strauss Conclusions Primary German Nineteenth- and Early Twentieth-Century Sources on Maimonides' Guide Bibliography Modern Secondary Literature Selected Hebrew Literature.