01979nam 22005174a 450 991079169390332120230721012513.00-268-07766-5(CKB)2560000000052404(OCoLC)654741049(CaPaEBR)ebrary10423339(SSID)ssj0000483551(PQKBManifestationID)11303241(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000483551(PQKBWorkID)10529505(PQKB)11771666(MiAaPQ)EBC3441014(MdBmJHUP)muse9963(Au-PeEL)EBL3441014(CaPaEBR)ebr10423339(EXLCZ)99256000000005240420070813d2007 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtrdacontentnrdamediancrdacarrierConverts, heretics, and lepers[electronic resource] Maimonides and the outsider /James A. DiamondNotre Dame, Ind. University of Notre Dame Pressc20071 online resource (361 pages)0-268-02592-4 Includes bibliographical references (p. 301-316) and indexes.The convert (ger): metaphor of Jewishness -- The leper: illness as contemplative metaphor -- Elisha ben Abuyah and the hubris of the heretic -- The king: the ethics of imperial humility -- The sage/philosopher: a solitude of universalism -- God, the supreme outsider: indwelling (shekhinah) as metaphor for outdwelling -- Deconstructing God's indwelling: the challenge to Halevi -- Sabbath: the temporal outsider.Other (Philosophy)God (Judaism)Other (Philosophy)God (Judaism)296.1/81Diamond James Arthur1480261MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910791693903321Converts, heretics, and lepers3750222UNINA