LEADER 02983nam 2200613 450 001 9910459938603321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-295-80559-5 035 $a(CKB)3710000000329336 035 $a(EBL)3444619 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001421942 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11770465 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001421942 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11429348 035 $a(PQKB)11241938 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3444619 035 $a(OCoLC)899211938 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse37813 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3444619 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11003307 035 $a(OCoLC)903962314 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000329336 100 $a20150120h20142014 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|||||||nn|n 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 12$aA best-selling Hebrew book of the modern era $ethe book of the covenant of Pinhas Hurwitz and its remarkable legacy /$fDavid B. Ruderman 205 $a1st edition. 210 1$aSeattle, Washington ;$aLondon, England :$cUniversity of Washington Press,$d2014. 210 4$dİ2014 215 $a1 online resource (192 p.) 225 1 $aSamuel and Althea Stroum Lectures in Jewish Studies 300 $aIncludes index. 311 $a0-295-99413-4 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aThe Hague dialogues -- Pinh?as 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 Pinh?as Hurwitz -- Judaism and metaphysics: Hurwitz's epistemological and historical critique of philosophy -- The moral cosmopolitanism of Pinh?as 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. 330 $a"This manuscript is a literary history of The Book of Covenant, an encyclopedic work of science, philosophy, and ethics written in the late-eighteenth century by Jewish philosopher and polymath Pinhas Hurwitz. Ruderman explores the reasons for the book's huge popularity--it has been republished in forty editions in the last century--as well as its lasting influence on Jewish and kabbalistic thought, and its important place in Jewish society's confrontation with modernity"--$cProvided by publisher. 410 0$aSamuel and Althea Stroum lectures in Jewish studies. 606 $aScience 606 $aJudaism and science 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aScience. 615 0$aJudaism and science. 676 $a500 700 $aRuderman$b David B.$0475931 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910459938603321 996 $aA best-selling Hebrew book of the modern era$92286231 997 $aUNINA