A best-selling Hebrew book of the modern era : the book of the covenant of Pinhas Hurwitz and its remarkable legacy / David B. Ruderman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ruderman, David B., author.

Series:

Samuel and Althea Stroum lectures in Jewish studies.

Samuel and Althea Stroum Lectures in Jewish Studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hurwitz, Phinehas Elijah, 1765-1821. Sefer ha-berit.

Hurwitz, Phinehas Elijah.

Science.

Judaism and science.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (192 p.)

Edition:

1st edition.

Place of Publication:

Seattle, Washington ; London, England : University of Washington Press, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"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"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

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.

Notes:

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780295805597

0295805595

OCLC:

899211938