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1 online resource (193 pages) |
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Samuel and Althea Stroum Lectures in Jewish Studies |
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Samuel and Althea Stroum lectures in Jewish studies.
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| Contents |
The Hague dialogues -- Pinḥas 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 |
| Summary |
"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"-- Provided by publisher |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Hurwitz, Phinehas Elijah, 1765-1821. Sefer ha-berit.
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| SUBJECT |
Sefer ha-berit (Hurwitz, Phinehas Elijah) fast |
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Science.
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Judaism and science.
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sciences (philosophy)
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science (modern discipline)
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SCIENCE -- Essays.
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SCIENCE -- Reference.
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HISTORY -- Jewish.
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Judaism and science
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Science
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780295805597 |
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0295805595 |
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