Paul Michael Kurtz (Dr. phil., Göttingen) is a cultural, intellectual, and religious historian at Ghent University. His research centers on the history of biblical, classical, and oriental studies in modern Europe.

• AcknowledgementsList of FiguresList of ContributorsIntroduction Moses in ModernityPaul Michael KurtzPart 1Representations of the Past1 ‘The Early Speech of Nations’ Biblical Poetry and the Emergence of Germanic MythOfri Ilany2 The Rise of Jewish Mythology Biblical Exegesis and the Scientific Study of MythCarlotta Santini3 Moses or Hammurabi? Law, Morality & Modernity in Ancient Near Eastern StudiesFelix WiedemannPart 2Transformations in the Present4 Gesetz als Gegensatz The Modern Halachic Language GameIrene Zwiep5 The Truth Shall Abide Samson Raphael Hirsch and Abraham Geiger on the Binding Nature of TorahJudith Frishman6 ‘A Law for Jews and Not for Christians’? Mosaic Law and the Deceased Wife’s Sister Debate in Victorian BritainMichael Ledger-Lomas7 Moses and the Left Traces of the Torah in Modern Jewish Anarchist ThoughtCarolin KosuchAfterword Moses and the Modern Germans: the Lawgiver in a Philhellenic AgeSuzanne MarchandBibliographyIndex of Persons