Format:
XVI, 172 Seiten
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24 cm
Edition:
1st edition
ISBN:
9780295994130
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0295994134
Series Statement:
The Samuel & Althea Stroum lectures in Jewish studies
Content:
"This manuscript is a literary history of The Book of Covenant, an encyclopedic work of science, philosophy, and ethics written in the late-eighteenth century by Jewish philosopher and polymath Pinhas Hurwitz. Ruderman explores the reasons for the book's huge popularity--it has been republished in forty editions in the last century--as well as its lasting influence on Jewish and kabbalistic thought, and its important place in Jewish society's confrontation with modernity"--
Note:
"A Samuel and Althea Stroum book
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 137-166)and index
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The Hague dialoguesPinḥas Elijah ben Meir Hurwitz: towards a biography of a popular author and aggressive book -- Why should a Kabbalist care about the natural world? the meaning of scientific knowledge for Pinḥas Hurwitz -- Judaism and metaphysics: Hurwitz's epistemological and historical critique of philosophy -- The moral cosmopolitanism of Pinḥas Hurwitz: some initial conjectures -- The readers of Sefer ha-brit -- Epilogue -- Appendix I: Editions of Sefer ha-brit -- Appendix II: Hurwitz's instructions on printing his book from his second introduction -- Appendix III: The contents of Sefer ha-brit.
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Online-Ausgabe Ruderman, David B. A best-selling Hebrew book of the modern era Seattle, Washington : University of Washington Press, 2014 ISBN 9780295994130
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Online-Ausgabe A best-selling Hebrew book of the modern era Seattle, Washington : University of Washington Press, 2014 ISBN 9780295805597
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0295805595
Language:
English
Keywords:
Hurwitz, Phinehas Elijah 1765-1821
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Judentum
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Kabbala
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Wissenschaft
Author information:
Ruderman, Daṿid 1944-
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