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Description

1. 1 online resource (xvi, 172 pages)

Summary

1. "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"--

Series statement

1. The Samuel & Althea Stroum lectures in Jewish studies

Uniform title

1. Best-selling Hebrew book of the modern era (Online)

Alternative title

1. Best-selling Hebrew book of the modern era (Online)

Subject

1. Hurwitz, Phinehas Elijah, 1765-1821
2. Science
3. Judaism and science

Contents

1. The Hague dialogues -- Pinḥas 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 Pinḥas Hurwitz -- Judaism and metaphysics: Hurwitz's epistemological and historical critique of philosophy -- The moral cosmopolitanism of Pinḥas 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.

Note

1. "A Samuel and Althea Stroum book."

Bibliography (note)

1. Includes bibliographical references (pages 137-166)and index.

Access (note)

1. Access restricted to authorized users.

Author

1. Ruderman, David B.

Title

1. A best-selling Hebrew book of the modern era [electronic resource] : the Book of the Covenant of Pinḥas Hurwitz and its remarkable legacy / David B. Ruderman.

Imprint

1. Seattle : University of Washington Press, [2014]

Edition

1. 1st edition.

Series

1. The Samuel & Althea Stroum lectures in Jewish studies

Bibliography

1. Includes bibliographical references (pages 137-166)and index.

Access

1. Access restricted to authorized users.

Connect to:

1. Available from home with a valid library card
2. Available onsite at NYPL

LCCN

1. 2014007528