Happiness in premodern Judaism : virtue, knowledge, and well-being /

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Tirosh-Samuelson, Hava, 1950- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cincinnati, OH : Detroit : Hebrew Union College Press ; Distributed by Wayne State University Press, ©2003.
Series:Monographs of the Hebrew Union College ; no. 29.
Subjects:
Joy > Religious aspects > Judaism.
Happiness > Religious aspects > Judaism.
Happiness > Religious aspects > Judaism
Joy > Religious aspects > Judaism
Zufriedenheit
Judentum
Glück
Jodendom.
Geluk.
Ethiek.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of 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.

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