Geiger held Judaeo-Arabic Spanish Jewish culture as a German Jewish model.

Evidence

Geiger referred to Spanish Jews as “heroes of Wissenschaft,” their worldly poets, authors, and religious thinkers, especially those who wrote in Arabic (perhaps an oblique reference to his stance that German and not Hebrew be the language of Jewish liturgy), were, for him, ideal role models for the Jews of Germany. — Ivan Davidson Kalmar, Derek Penslar, Orientalism and the Jews, 373

Categorization

• QUESTION: Worth chasing: the connection between Geiger’s advocacy of German liturgy and his praise of Arabic-writing Spanish Jews as ‘heroes of Wissenschaft.’