Short paragraph describing his career.

Relatively detailed entry from this philosophical database, with links to related topics.

Essay by Shira Shoenberg, emphasizing this German thinker's role in Jewish history.

A brief excerpt from Mendelssohn's classic Jerusalem, a philosophical defense of the Jewish faith.

Scholarly study of this 18th-century scholar by Daniel Dahlstrom. From the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy.

Article from 1999 by Steven P. Meyer. Discusses at some length Mendelssohn's thought and his role in preserving the Bach musical legacy.

Introduction by James Schmidt to the Thoemmes Press reissue of Samuels' 1825 biography of this thinker.

Gerhard Falk's commentary on this Jewish Enlightenment thinker and his status in Judaic history.

A 1780 portrait of this writer by Johann Christoph Frisch.

Article from this openly-edited online encyclopedia.