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

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"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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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Ruderman, David B. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Seattle, Washington ; London, England : University of Washington Press, 2014.
Series:Samuel and Althea Stroum lectures in Jewish studies.
Subjects:
Hurwitz, Phinehas Elijah, > 1765-1821. > Sefer ha-berit.
Sefer ha-berit (Hurwitz, Phinehas Elijah)
Science.
Judaism and science.
Sciences.
Judaïsme et sciences.
sciences (philosophy)
science (modern discipline)
SCIENCE > Essays.
SCIENCE > Reference.
HISTORY > Jewish.
Judaism and science
Science
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of 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.

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