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 republ...
| Main Authors: | , |
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Seattle ; London :
University of Washington Press,
[2014]
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| Series: | Samuel and Althea Stroum lectures in Jewish studies
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| 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"-- |
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| Physical Description: | xvi, 172 pages ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| ISBN: | 0295994134 9780295994130 |