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Renaissance philosophy in Jewish garb : foundations and challenges in Judaism on the eve of modernity / by Giuseppe Veltri.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Supplements to The journal of Jewish thought and philosophy ; v. 8.Publication details: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2009.Description: 1 online resource (x, 275 pages)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9789004171961
  • 9004171967
  • 9789047425281
  • 9047425286
  • 1282400568
  • 9781282400566
  • 9786612400568
  • 6612400560
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Renaissance philosophy in Jewish garb.DDC classification:
  • 181/.06 22
LOC classification:
  • B5800 .V45 2009eb
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  • online - EBSCO
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Contents:
Introduction: In search of a Jewish renaissance -- Jewish philosophy : humanist roots of a contradiction in terms -- The prophetic-poetic dimension of philosophy : the ars poetica and Immanuel of Rome -- Leone Ebreo's concept of Jewish philosophy -- Conceptions of history : Azariah de' Rossi -- Scientific thought and the exegetical mind, with an essay on the life and works of Rabbi Judah Loew -- Mathematical and biblical exegesis : Jewish sources of Athanasius Kircher's musical theory -- Creating geographical and political utopias : the ten lost tribes and the east -- Ceremonial law : history of a philosophical-political concept -- The city and the ghetto : Simone Luzzatto and the development of Jewish political thought -- Body of conversion and immortality of the soul : Sara Copio Sullam, the "Beautiful Jewess."
Summary: Aims to distinguish the coordinates of 'modernity' as premises of Jewish philosophy, and vice versa. This work focuses on the foundations of Jewish philosophy, its nature as philosophical science and as wisdom.
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eBook eBook Biblioteca "Angelicum" Pont. Univ. S.Tommaso d'Aquino Nuvola online online - EBSCO (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Online access Not for loan (Accesso limitato) Accesso per gli utenti autorizzati / Access for authorized users (ebsco)308266

Includes bibliographical references (pages 255-270) and index.

Introduction: In search of a Jewish renaissance -- Jewish philosophy : humanist roots of a contradiction in terms -- The prophetic-poetic dimension of philosophy : the ars poetica and Immanuel of Rome -- Leone Ebreo's concept of Jewish philosophy -- Conceptions of history : Azariah de' Rossi -- Scientific thought and the exegetical mind, with an essay on the life and works of Rabbi Judah Loew -- Mathematical and biblical exegesis : Jewish sources of Athanasius Kircher's musical theory -- Creating geographical and political utopias : the ten lost tribes and the east -- Ceremonial law : history of a philosophical-political concept -- The city and the ghetto : Simone Luzzatto and the development of Jewish political thought -- Body of conversion and immortality of the soul : Sara Copio Sullam, the "Beautiful Jewess."

Aims to distinguish the coordinates of 'modernity' as premises of Jewish philosophy, and vice versa. This work focuses on the foundations of Jewish philosophy, its nature as philosophical science and as wisdom.

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English.