A best-selling Hebrew book of the modern era : the book of the covenant 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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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Seattle, Washington ; London, England :
University of Washington Press,
2014.
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| Series: | Samuel and Althea Stroum lectures in Jewish studies.
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| Online Access: | Connect to this title online (unlimited users allowed) |
| 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: | 1 online resource (193 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780295805597 0295805595 |