Die kulturelle Bedeutung dieses Werkes wird von Wissenschaftlern anerkannt, da es einen wichtigen Beitrag zum Wissen der Zivilisation leistet. Es wurde aus dem Originalartefakt reproduziert und bleibt dem ursprünglichen Inhalt treu. Leser finden darin die originalen Urheberrechtsvermerke, Bibliotheksstempel und weitere Notationen, die die Historie und den Kontext des Werkes unterstreichen.
Faksimile-Neudruck der von Carl Rudolph Wilhelm Klose veranstalteten Ausgabe Berlin 1849
Edelmann‹s (1698–1767) autobiography is a personal testimonial of the German Enlightenment. His realism, critical of society and ideologies, the unsparing report on the injustices in the church, his search for fulfillment on earth of the Christian promise of a peaceful and brotherly community are evidence of his opposition in the old empire of the 18th century.
Edelmann (1698–1767) was a forerunner of the German Enlightenment. He stood up quite openly for the English deists and their religion of reason, which he associated with the idea of logos and the commandment of love. He was the first to invoke Spinoza and his radical criticism of the Bible. Edelmann was vigorously opposed to every kind of orthodoxy and ultimately denied the historical Christian faith. His polemic pamphlets are examples of classic polemics. In the course of the Edelmann'schen Streites (Edelmann dispute), his books were burned by the hangman. It was because of the Brethren church and his work on the Berleburg Bible translation that Edelmann became more open in relation to the scriptures and eventually had a purely human image of Christ. This edition of his works contains facsimile reprints of the original editions of all the writings Edelmann published himself as well as a reprint of his autobiography and previously unpublished works from his literary estate. Walter Grossmann has provided an introduction for each work.