The volume covers multifarious aspects of Wissenschaft des Judentums in Hungarian speaking lands, including the role of Jewish scholarship in modernizing Jewish life and the institutional background of Jewish Studies in Hungarian lands; the contribution of individual scholars to Wissenschaft des Judentums, particular themes in the work of Jewish Studies scholars with Hungarian background; and the legacy of Hungarian Wissenschaft des Judentums outside of Hungary. The volume is devoted to Tamás [Sinai] Turán, in recognition of his significant contributions to Jewish studies in Hungary.