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

Veltri, Giuseppe, 1958-

Leiden [u.a.] : Brill, 2009

X, 275 S.

Englisch

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'.

Includes bibliographical references and index

0811

eb 20240324 ; 2 (Rechtsgrundlage DE-4165)

978-90-04-17196-1 (alk. paper)

2008035813

9789004171961

OCoLC: 636079796     

OCoLC: 316281305 (aus SWB)      ; OCoLC: 636079796 (aus SWB)     

CE 5300  | BD 5810      Ähnliche Literatur

B5800

181/.06 ; 181.06

Basisklassifikation: 08.23 (Philosophie der Renaissance)

*Jüdische Philosophie ; Geschichte 1400-1700 ; Aufsatzsammlung      Zum Register

LOC-SH: Jewish philosophy -- History ; Jews -- Politics and government -- Philosophy ; Judaism and politics ; Philosophy, Jewish -- History ; Jews -- Politics and government -- Philosophy ; Judaism and politics