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Author Tirosh-Samuelson, Hava, 1950- author.

Title Happiness in premodern Judaism : virtue, knowledge, and well-being / Hava Tirosh-Samuelson
Published Cincinnati, OH : Hebrew Union College Press ; Detroit : Distributed by Wayne State University Press, ©2003

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Description 1 online resource
Series Monographs of the Hebrew Union College ; no. 29
Monographs of the Hebrew Union College ; no. 29.
Contents 1. Thinking Happiness: Greek and Hellenistic Views -- 2. Ashrei: Torah, Wisdom, and Living Rightly in Ancient Judaism -- 3. The Happy Life of Torah in Rabbinic Judaism -- 4. Happiness and the Cultivation of Character in Islam -- 5. Perfectly Happy: Maimonides' Conception of Happiness -- 6. The Maimonidean Controversies: Debating the Meaning of Happiness -- 7. The Kabbalistic Prescription for Happiness -- 8. Intellectual Perfection and Jewish-Christian Rivalry -- 9. Religious Perfection and the Interplay of Philosophy and Kabbalah
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references
Subject Joy -- Religious aspects -- Judaism.
Happiness -- Religious aspects -- Judaism.
Happiness -- Religious aspects -- Judaism.
Joy -- Religious aspects -- Judaism.
Zufriedenheit
Judentum
Glück
Jodendom.
Geluk.
Ethiek.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780878201051
087820105X