LEADER 02925nam 2200637 a 450 001 9910258754303321 005 20170814163901.0 010 $a1-61811-791-2 010 $a1-61811-060-8 035 $a(CKB)2550000000087134 035 $a(EBL)3110448 035 $a(OCoLC)922977643 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000589963 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12213641 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000589963 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10665116 035 $a(PQKB)10913168 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3110448 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000087134 100 $a20110110d2011 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aCultures in collision and conversation$b[electronic resource] $eessays in the intellectual history of the Jews /$fDavid Berger 210 $aBoston $cAcademic Studies Press$d2011 215 $a1 online resource (450 p.) 225 1 $aJudaism and Jewish life 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-936235-24-2 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aCover; Contents; Introduction; The Cultural Environment: Challenge and Response; IDENTITY, IDEOLOGY AND FAITH:; JUDAISM AND GENERAL CULTURE IN MEDIEVAL AND EARLY MODERN TIMES; HOW DID NAHMANIDES PROPOSE TO RESOLVETHE MAIMONIDEAN CONTROVERSY?; MIRACLES AND THE NATURAL ORDER INNAHMANIDES*; POLEMIC, EXEGESIS, PHILOSOPHY, AND SCIENCE:; MALBIM'S SECULAR KNOWLEDGE AND HISRELATIONSHIP TO THE SPIRIT OF THE HASKALAH; THE USES OF MAIMONIDESBY TWENTIETH CENTURY JEWRY; THE INSTITUTE FOR JEWISH STUDIES ON ITS EIGHTIETH BIRTHDAY; Interpreting the Bible; ""THE WISEST OF ALL MEN"": SOLOMON'S WISDOM 327 $aON THE MORALITY OF THE PATRIARCHS IN JEWISH POLEMIC AND EXEGESISYearning for Redemption; THREE TYPOLOGICAL THEMES IN EARLY JEWISH MESSIANISM:; SOME IRONIC CONSEQUENCES OF MAIMONIDES' RATIONALIST APPROACH TO THE MESSIANIC AGE; SEPHARDIC AND ASHKENAZIC MESSIANISM IN THE MIDDLE AGES:; MACCABEES, ZEALOTS AND JOSEPHUS:; THE FRAGILITY OF RELIGIOUS DOCTRINE:; Epilogue; Index 410 0$aJudaism and Jewish Life 606 $aJudaism$xRelations 606 $aIntercultural communication$xReligious aspects$xJudaism 606 $aJudaism$xHistory 606 $aJews$xHistory 606 $aJews$xIntellectual life 606 $aMessianic era (Judaism) 615 0$aJudaism$xRelations. 615 0$aIntercultural communication$xReligious aspects$xJudaism. 615 0$aJudaism$xHistory. 615 0$aJews$xHistory. 615 0$aJews$xIntellectual life. 615 0$aMessianic era (Judaism) 676 $a296.3/9 700 $aBerger$b David$f1943-$0738955 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910258754303321 996 $aCultures in collision and conversation$91945187 997 $aUNINA