Samuel David Luzzato, still teaching at the…
1862 CE
Samuel David Luzzato, still teaching at the Italian Rabbinical College in Padua, and still an opponent of Haskala, publishes “Lectures on Israelite Moral Theology”, emphasizing his belief in tradition, revelation and the election of Israel.
The Torah must not be rationalized and subjected to historical evolutionary relativism, nor can morality be separated from religion.