Zur Wissenschaft des Judentums

Markus Brann (1849–1920), who directed the Jewish Theological Seminary in Breslau from 1891 until his death, was one of the central figures of the Wissenschaft des Judentums (scholarship of Judaism) in the German-speaking world. As a representative of a conservative Judaism and a positive-historical view of history, he made his mark above all as editor of the Monatsschrift für Geschichte und Wissenschaft des Judentums and as initiator and member of numerous Jewish scholarly associations and circles. His scholarly correspondence, published here, offers an overview of discourses, networks, and projects in the scholarship of Judaism. The letters also reflect inner-Jewish positioning as well as the confrontation with the non-Jewish environment.