Die Eidesleistung der Juden

Zacharias Frankel's work, Die Eidesleistung der Juden (1840), meaning "Oath-Taking by Jews," addressed the discrimination faced by Jews in Saxon courts. Frankel's work aimed to disprove the notion that Jewish testimony was untrustworthy. This publication was part of a broader intellectual movement in the 19th century known as Wissenschaft des Judentums (science of Judaism), which sought to establish the intellectual respectability of Jewish history and culture to advocate for equal rights for Jews within European societies. Frankel himself was a key figure in the development of Conservative Judaism, advocating for a theology that accepted historical research and some liturgical changes while maintaining traditional customs.12