Accounting for the commandments in medieval Judaism : studies in law, philosophy, pietism, and kabbalah / edited by Jeremy P. Brown, Marc Herman.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Brown, Jeremy P. (Jeremy Phillip), editor.

Herman, Marc, 1983- editor.

Series:

Études sur le judaïsme médiéval ; vol. 86.

Études sur le Judaïsme médiéval, 0169-815X ; vol. 86

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Commandments, Six hundred and thirteen--History of doctrines.

Commandments, Six hundred and thirteen.

Physical Description:

pages cm.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2021]

Summary:

"Accounting for the Commandments in Medieval Judaism explores the discursive formation of the commandments as a generative matrix of Jewish thought and life in the posttalmudic period. Each study sheds light on how medieval Jews crafted the commandments out of theretofore underdetermined material. By systematizing, representing, or interrogating the amorphous category of commandment, medieval Jewish authors across both the Islamic and Christian spheres of influence sought to explain, justify, and characterize Israel's legal system, divine revelation, the cosmos, and even the divine order. This volume correlates bodies of knowledge-such as jurisprudence, philosophy, ethics, pietism, and kabbalah-that are normally treated in isolation into a single conversation about a shared constitutional concern"-- Provided by publisher.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Accounting for the commandments in medieval Judaism

ISBN:

9789004460935

9004460934

OCLC:

1248600807