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Betraying Spinoza : the renegade Jew who gave us modernity / Rebecca Goldstein.
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Goldstein, Rebecca Newberger, 1950-
- Series:
- Jewish encounters
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Spinoza, Benedictus de, 1632-1677.
- Spinoza, Benedictus de.
- Jewish philosophers--Netherlands--Biography.
- Jewish philosophers.
- Jewish heretics--Netherlands--Biography.
- Jewish heretics.
- Netherlands.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- 287 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Nextbook : Schocken, [2006]
- Summary:
- On July 27, 1656, Amsterdam's Jewish community declared Baruch Spinoza excommunicated, and, at the age of 23, he became the most famous heretic in Judaism. The reasons for his expulsion were not disclosed, but years later his published writings revealed his "abominable heresies": he denied the immortality of the soul and the divinity of the scripture, and he challenged the accepted truth that the Torah was literally given by God. His work remains as resonant and provocative today as it was when it first appeared. In
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [273]-[284]).
- ISBN:
- 0805242090
- OCLC:
- 61859859
- Publisher Number:
- 9780805242096
- Online:
- Contributor biographical information
- Publisher description
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