A best-selling Hebrew book of the modern era: the book of the covenant of Pinḥas Hurwitz and its remarkable legacy

"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 repub...

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1. Verfasser: Ruderman, Daṿid 1944- (VerfasserIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Seattle Univ. of Washington Press 2015
Ausgabe:1. ed.
Schriftenreihe:The Samuel & Althea Stroum lectures in Jewish studies
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Zusammenfassung:"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"..
Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references and index
Beschreibung:XVI, 172 S.
ISBN:9780295994130

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