A sceptical Jew Richard H. Popkin's private republic of letters edited by Jeremy D. Popkin, Asher Salah, Giuseppe Veltri

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Popkin, Jeremy D., 1948- editor.

Salah, Asher, 1967- editor.

Veltri, Giuseppe, editor.

Series:

Maimonides library for philosophy and religion v. 8

Maimonides library for philosophy and religion 2666-8777 volume 8

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Popkin, Richard H. (Richard Henry), 1923-2005.

Popkin, Richard H.

Judaism--Study and teaching.

Judaism.

Genre:

Biographies

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

Leiden, The Netherlands Boston Brill [2025]

System Details:

text file

Summary:

A Sceptical Jew brings together selections from Richard H. Popkin's correspondence and other documents that illuminate the sources of his interest in Jewish studies and his contributions to the field

Contents:

Foreword and Acknowledgments (Salah)

Part 1. Essays

Chapter 1. The Jewish Lives of Richard Popkin (Popkin)

Chapter 2. The Rabbi and the Sceptic: Richard Popkin's Correspondence with Judah Goldin (Salah)

Chapter 3. The "Marrano Conspiracy": On Richard Popkin, Jewish Scepticism, and an Unknown Text on Zindīḳ by Pietro Pomponazzi (Veltri and Bartolucci)

Part 2. Texts

Chapter 4. "On Judaism and Jewish Studies": Interview with Richard Popkin (Goldish)

Chapter 5. Richard H. Popkin (1923-2005) and Judah Goldin (1914-1998): Correspondence

Chapter 6. Richard Popkin's Discoveries of Judaism: Selections from His Letters (Popkin)

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index

Online resource; title from PDF title page (Brill platform, viewed February 12, 2025)

Other Format:

Print version Sceptical Jew

ISBN:

9789004711129

9004711120

OCLC:

1472149607

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