1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910459938603321

Autore

Ruderman David B.

Titolo

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

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Seattle, Washington ; ; London, England : , : University of Washington Press, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

0-295-80559-5

Edizione

[1st edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (192 p.)

Collana

Samuel and Althea Stroum Lectures in Jewish Studies

Disciplina

500

Soggetti

Science

Judaism and science

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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.

Sommario/riassunto

"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"--



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910712975403321

Autore

Johnson Karl G.

Titolo

Flood of October 8, 1977 in St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands / / by Karl G. Johnson, Ramon A. Carrasquillo, and Ralph Gonzalez

Pubbl/distr/stampa

San Juan, Puerto Rico : , : U.S. Geological Survey, , 1982

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (iv, 21 pages) : illustrations, maps

Collana

Water-resources investigations ; ; 82-262

Open-file report

Soggetti

Floods - United States Virgin Islands - Saint Croix

Floods

United States Virgin Islands Saint Croix

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"December 1982."

"Prepared in cooperation with the Government of the U.S. Virgin Islands, Department of Public Works."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages 20).