Details

Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Robertson, Ritchie

Titel

"Dies hohe Lied der Duldung"? The Ambiguities of Toleration in Lessing's "Die Juden and Nathan der Weise"

Ist Teil von

• The Modern language review, 1998-01, Vol.93 (1), p.105-120

Ort / Verlag

Belfast: W. S. Maney & Son Ltd

Erscheinungsjahr

1998

Quelle

Alma/SFX Local Collection

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Lessing's plays "Die Juden" and "Nathan der Weise" have usually been considered, especially by Jewish readers, impressive pleas for social and religious toleration. The parable of the three rings, in particular, has been taken as a compelling argument for showing equal respect for Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. However, both plays show nominal tolerance to Jews while emphasizing their difference; neither shows an informed interest in Jews or Judaism, but both emphasize anti-Christian polemic, and the conception of religion underlying the ring parable is really an agnostic humanism that sidesteps the problems of toleration.