Renaissance Philosophy in Jewish garb : foundations and challenges in Judaism on the eve of modernity /

Based on several years of research on Jewish intellectual life in the Renaissance, this book tries to distinguish the coordinates of "modernity" as premises of Jewish philosophy, and vice versa. In the first part, it is concerned with the foundations of Jewish philosophy, its nature as phi...

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Main Author: Veltri, Giuseppe.

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2009.

Series: Supplements to The Journal of Jewish Thought and Philosophy 8.
Religious Studies, Theology and Philosophy E-Books Online, Collection 2009, ISBN: 9789004223097.

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Call Number: B5800 .V45 2009

Table of Contents:
  • Preliminary Materials /
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  • Introduction - In Search Of A Jewish Renaissance /
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  • Chapter One. Jewish Philosophy: Humanist Roots Of A Contradiction In Terms /
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  • Chapter Two. The Prophetic-Poetic Dimension Of Philosophy: The Ars Poetica And Immanuel Of Rome /
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  • Chapter Three. Leone Ebreo's Concept Of Jewish Philosophy /
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  • Chapter Four. Conceptions Of History: Azariah De' Rossi /
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  • Chapter Five. Scientific Thought And The Exegetical Mind, With An Essay On The Life And Works Of Rabbi Judah Loew /
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  • Chapter Six. Mathematical And Biblical Exegesis: Jewish Sources Of Athanasius Kircher's Musical Theory /
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  • Chapter Seven. Creating Geographical And Political Utopias: The Ten Lost Tribes And The East /
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  • Chapter Eight. Ceremonial Law: History Of A Philosophical-Political Concept /
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  • Chapter Nine. The City And The Ghetto: Simone Luzzatto And The Development Of Jewish Political Thought /
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  • Chapter Ten. Body Of Conversion And Immortality Of The Soul: Sara Copio Sullam, The "Beautiful Jewess" /
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  • Postface /
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  • Documentation Style, Transliteration, And References /
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  • Select Bibliography /
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  • Index /
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