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A Best-Selling Hebrew Book of the Modern Era : The <i>Book of the Covenant</i> of Pinhas 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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Ruderman, David B. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London, England : University of Washington Press, 2014.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:"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"--
Notas:Includes index.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (192 pages).
ISBN:9780295805597