Ruderman, David B., <br/><br/>
A best-selling Hebrew book of the modern era :  the book of the covenant of Pinhas Hurwitz and its remarkable legacy / 
David B. Ruderman. 
 - 1 online resource (193 pages). 
 - Samuel and Althea Stroum Lectures in Jewish Studies .
 - Samuel and Althea Stroum lectures in Jewish studies. .
<br/><br/> Includes index. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>The Hague dialogues -- Pinḥas Elijah ben Meir Hurwitz: towards a biography of a popular author and aggressive book -- Why should a Kabbalist care about the natural world? the meaning of scientific knowledge for Pinḥas Hurwitz -- Judaism and metaphysics: Hurwitz's epistemological and historical critique of philosophy -- The moral cosmopolitanism of Pinḥas Hurwitz: some initial conjectures -- The readers of Sefer ha-brit -- Epilogue -- Appendix I: Editions of Sefer ha-brit -- Appendix II: Hurwitz's instructions on printing his book from his second introduction -- Appendix III: The contents of Sefer ha-brit. 
<br/><br/> "This manuscript is a literary history of The Book of Covenant, an encyclopedic work of science, philosophy, and ethics written in the late-eighteenth century by Jewish philosopher and polymath Pinhas Hurwitz. Ruderman explores the reasons for the book's huge popularity--it has been republished in forty editions in the last century--as well as its lasting influence on Jewish and kabbalistic thought, and its important place in Jewish society's confrontation with modernity"-- 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780295805597 0295805595 
<br/><br/><label>Source: </label>22573/ctvctcfm6  JSTOR 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>Hurwitz, Phinehas Elijah, 1765-1821.  Sefer ha-berit. 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Uniform Titles: </label><br/>Sefer ha-berit (Hurwitz, Phinehas Elijah)
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Science.<br/>Judaism and science.<br/>SCIENCE--Essays.<br/>SCIENCE--Reference.<br/>Judaism and science.<br/>Science.<br/>HISTORY / Jewish
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>Q157.H79  / .R833 2014eb 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>500