A best-selling Hebrew book of the modern era: the book of the covenant of Pinhas Hurwitz and its remarkable legacy
"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 republ...
| Σύνοψη: | "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"-- |
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| Περιγραφή τεκμηρίου: | Includes index. - Includes bibliographical references and index. - Print version record |
| Φυσική περιγραφή: | Online Ressource (193 pages) |
| ISBN: | 978-0-295-80559-7 0-295-80559-5 |
