02949nam 2200601 450 991080764230332120200520144314.00-295-80559-5(CKB)3710000000329336(EBL)3444619(SSID)ssj0001421942(PQKBManifestationID)11770465(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001421942(PQKBWorkID)11429348(PQKB)11241938(OCoLC)899211938(MdBmJHUP)muse37813(Au-PeEL)EBL3444619(CaPaEBR)ebr11003307(OCoLC)903962314(MiAaPQ)EBC3444619(EXLCZ)99371000000032933620150120h20142014 uy 0engur|||||||nn|ntxtccrA best-selling Hebrew book of the modern era the book of the covenant of Pinhas Hurwitz and its remarkable legacy /David B. Ruderman1st edition.Seattle, Washington ;London, England :University of Washington Press,2014.©20141 online resource (192 p.)Samuel and Althea Stroum Lectures in Jewish StudiesIncludes index.0-295-99413-4 Includes bibliographical references and index.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."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"--Provided by publisher.Samuel and Althea Stroum lectures in Jewish studies.ScienceJudaism and scienceScience.Judaism and science.500Ruderman David B.475931MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910807642303321A best-selling Hebrew book of the modern era4019673UNINA