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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21 August 2025|Musar News

New Book: Studies in Musar Volume III

Ilaria Briata, Shevet Musar and Psychology: Jewish Discipline for the Early Modern Soul

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11 June 2025|Musar News

New Book: Studies in Musar Volume II

Alon Shalev, Rabbi Yitzchak Hutner's Theology of Meaning: "The World Was Created for Me"

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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.

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