| Description |
1 online resource (x, 275 pages). |
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text file |
| Series |
Supplements to The journal of Jewish thought and philosophy,
1873-9008 ;
v. 8
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Supplements to The journal of Jewish thought and philosophy ; v. 8.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 255-270) and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction: In search of a Jewish renaissance -- Jewish philosophy : humanist roots of a contradiction in terms -- The prophetic-poetic dimension of philosophy : the ars poetica and Immanuel of Rome -- Leone Ebreo's concept of Jewish philosophy -- Conceptions of history : Azariah de' Rossi -- Scientific thought and the exegetical mind, with an essay on the life and works of Rabbi Judah Loew -- Mathematical and biblical exegesis : Jewish sources of Athanasius Kircher's musical theory -- Creating geographical and political utopias : the ten lost tribes and the east -- Ceremonial law : history of a philosophical-political concept -- The city and the ghetto : Simone Luzzatto and the development of Jewish political thought -- Body of conversion and immortality of the soul : Sara Copio Sullam, the "Beautiful Jewess." |
| Summary |
Aims to distinguish the coordinates of 'modernity' as premises of Jewish philosophy, and vice versa. This work focuses on the foundations of Jewish philosophy, its nature as philosophical science and as wisdom. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Jewish philosophy -- History.
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Jewish philosophy. |
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History. |
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Jews -- Politics and government -- Philosophy.
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Jews -- Politics and government -- Philosophy. |
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Jews -- Politics and government. |
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Judaism and politics.
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Judaism and politics. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Veltri, Giuseppe. Renaissance philosophy in Jewish garb. Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2009 (DLC) 2008035813 |
| ISBN |
9789004171961 (hardback : alkaline paper) |
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9004171967 (hardback : alkaline paper) |
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9789047425281 (electronic book) |
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9047425286 (electronic book) |
| Standard No. |
10.1163/ej.9789004171961.i-278 |
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