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Autore |
Keen Ralph |
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Titolo |
Exile and restoration in Jewish thought : an essay in interpretation / / Ralph Keen |
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London ; ; New York : , : Continuum, , 2009 |
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ISBN |
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1-4725-4850-7 |
1-282-45282-7 |
9786612452826 |
1-4411-1123-9 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (182 p.) |
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Collana |
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Continuum studies in Jewish thought |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Exile (Punishment) |
Faith (Judaism) |
Jews - History |
Jews - Restoration |
Redemption - Judaism |
Trust in God - Judaism |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Preface -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1. Beginnings -- 2. Forged in Exile -- 3. Tradition and Intuition -- 4. Modernity -- 5. Revelation -- 6. Relation -- 7. Realms of Redemption -- Epilogue -- Bibliography. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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"Exile and Restoration in Jewish Thought presents the history of an idea originating at the intersection of Judaic piety and the social history of the Jews: faith in a protective sovereign deity amid contrary conditions. Exiled primordially (Eden), during the Patriarchal era, in the sixth century bce, and from the first century to the twentieth, the Jewish experience of alienation has been the historical backdrop against which affirmations of divine benevolence have been constructed. While histories of Jewish thought have tended to accentuate the speculative creativity of medieval and modern Jewish philosophers, the intellectual tradition can come into focus only with attention to these thinkers' understanding of diaspora and persecution. Ralph Keen describes the |
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