foundations and challenges in Judaism on the eve of modernity Veltri, Giuseppe. creator text bibliography Electronic books. ne Leiden Boston Brill 2009 monographic eng

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1 online resource (x, 275 p.) 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". by Giuseppe Veltri. Description based on print version record. Includes bibliographical references (p. [255]-270) and index. Jewish philosophy History Jews Politics and government Philosophy Judaism and politics B5800 .V45 2009eb 181/.06 Veltri, Giuseppe. Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2009 (DLC) 2008035813 (OCoLC)243960511 9789047425281 (electronic bk.) 9047425286 (electronic bk.) http://www.netLibrary.com/urlapi.asp?action=summary&v=1&bookid=308266 http://www.netLibrary.com/urlapi.asp?action=summary&v=1&bookid=308266 N$T 100324 20200709055236.0 ocn568402066