GEIGER, ABRAHAM (1810–1874), rabbi, foremost exponent and idealogue of Reform Judaism in nineteenth-century Germany and outstanding scholar of Wissenschaft des Judentums (the modern scholarly study of Judaism). Geiger was born in Frankfurt,...

The leading intellectual figure of Reform Judaism in the nineteenth century, who viewed Judaism as a constantly evolving organism. In accordance with this view, Geiger held that the changed conditions of modern society called for the continued...

(1810–1874). Leader of *Reform Judaism. Geiger was the governor of the first meeting of Reform *rabbis in Germany. He himself was rabbi of the Berlin Reform Congregation and director of the Hochschule für die Wissenschaft des Judentums. (See...

Abraham Geiger (1810–1874) was a German rabbi and scholar who led in the foundation of Reform Judaism, where he sought to remove all nationalistic elements (particularly the "Chosen People" doctrine) from Judaism, stressing Judaism as an evolving...

ABRAHAM GEIGER AND THE JEWISH JESUS. By Susannah Heschel. Chicago Studies in the History of Judaism. Chicago: University of Chicago, 1998. Pp. xxi + 317. $48; $19. Scholars of the New Testament and the early Church, faced with the origin of Christianity...

ABRAHAM GEIGER AND THE JEWISH JESUS. By SUSANAH HESCHEL. University of Chicago Press. 317 pp. $48 cloth, $19 paper. One of the founding fathers of the modern Western study of Judaism, Abraham Geiger (1810-74) continues to fascinate. In this learned and lucid...