Early Modern Musar : University of Hamburg

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WHO WE ARE & WHAT WE DO

The Emmy Noether Junior Research Group "Jewish Moralistic Writings of the Early Modern Period" was a six-year project funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG). Between July 2017 and March 2024, it has been exploring the vast body of Jewish moralistic writings known in Hebrew as musar.

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30 April 2025|Musar News

New Publication

We are pleased to announce the publication of the entry "Musar: Modes of Morality in Judaism" by Patrick B. Koch in the Routledge Resources Online: The Renaissance World.

For further details, click here.

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28 November 2023|Musar News

Concluding Event

Please join us for the concluding event of the Emmy Noether Research Group "Jewish Moralistic Writings of the Early Modern Period: Retrospect, Results, Outlook," to be held on November 28, 2023 at the Institute for Jewish Philosophy and Religion at the University of Hamburg at 18.00.

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27 November 2023|Musar News

Mus|ar|t Blog Online Now

We are pleased to announce that the "Mus|ar|t — Art Meets Scholarship" blog is online now.

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