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Menahem Schmelzer, Senior Distinguished Scholar at the Library of Congress' John W. Kluge Center, will discuss "The Royal Court Preacher and the Hebrew Book: Early Enlightenment and Hebrew Publishing in Prussia, 1700-1750" at 3:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 7, in LJ-119 of the Thomas Jefferson Building, 10 First Street S.E., Washington, D.C. The city of Berlin had become the center of the Jewish Enlightenment by 1760, but some scholars now think that the Jewish Enlightenment, one of the most important movements in the emergence of modern Jewry, may have begun decades earlier with a period they are calling the "Early Enlightenment." In his talk, Prof. Schmelzer will examine the role in this process of an influential figure in the Prussian court, the Christian theologian and scholar D.E. Jablonski, who founded the Hebrew press in Berlin in 1690. Prof. Schmelzer will discuss Jablonski's life and work and his activities as the publisher of Hebrew books in order to shed light on the spread of secular culture and the ideals of Enlightenment and religious tolerance among the Jews of the time. This event, sponsored by the Kluge Center and the Hebraic Section of the Library's African and Middle Eastern Division, is free and open to the public. No reservations are required. Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual author and are not necessarily endorsed by the AJL =========================================================== Submissions for Ha-Safran, send to: Hasafran @ lists.acs.ohio-state.edu SUBscribing, SIGNOFF commands send to: Listproc @ lists.acs.ohio-state.edu Questions, problems, complaints, compliments;-) send to: galron.1 @ osu.edu Ha-Safran Archives: Current: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html History: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/history.html AJL HomePage http://www.JewishLibraries.org
