Moses Mendelsohn, 1729-1786. Eighteenth-century German Jewish philosopher. He was most active in the philosophy of religion, having been a Talmudic scholar before entering mainstream philosophy.
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- Moses Mendelssohn and the Bach Tradition Article from 1999 by Steven P. Meyer. Discusses at some length Mendelssohn's thought and his role in preserving the Bach musical legacy.
- Moses Mendelssohn Scholarly study of this 18th-century scholar by Daniel Dahlstrom. From the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy.
- Judaism as Revealed Legislation A brief excerpt from Mendelssohn's classic Jerusalem, a philosophical defense of the Jewish faith.
- Moses, the Son of Mendel Gerhard Falk's commentary on this Jewish Enlightenment thinker and his status in Judaic history.
- Jewish Virtual Library: Moses Mendelssohn Essay by Shira Shoenberg, emphasizing this German thinker's role in Jewish history.
- Wikipedia: Moses Mendelssohn Article from this openly-edited online encyclopedia.