04461cam a2200745Mi 4500 ocn903962314 OCoLC 20200709060313.0 m d cr cn||||||||| 150120t20142014wau ob 001 0 eng d E7B eng rda pn E7B OCLCQ OCLCF YDXCP IDEBK CDX EBLCP N$T P@U K6U IDB AGLDB OCLCQ OCLCO ICA MERUC MOR PIFFA FVL OTZ ZCU OCLCQ OCLCO U3W BETBC D6H STF VTS ICG INT VT2 OCLCQ WYU TKN OCLCQ DKC OCLCO AU@ OCLCQ JSTOR 899211938 900622949 961599869 962702362 9780295805597 (e-book) 0295805595 (e-book) 9780295994130 0295994134 934539 (N$T) (OCoLC)903962314 (OCoLC)899211938 (OCoLC)900622949 (OCoLC)961599869 (OCoLC)962702362 22573/ctvctcfm6 JSTOR Q157.H79 .R833 2014eb SCI 080000 bisacsh SCI 060000 bisacsh HIS 022000 bisacsh LIT 004210 bisacsh REL 040030 bisacsh 500 23 MAIN Ruderman, David B., author. A best-selling Hebrew book of the modern era : the book of the covenant of Pinhas Hurwitz and its remarkable legacy / David B. Ruderman. Seattle, Washington ; London, England : University of Washington Press, 2014. ©2014 1 online resource (193 pages). text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Samuel and Althea Stroum Lectures in Jewish Studies Includes index. Print version record. Includes bibliographical references and index. 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. "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"-- Provided by publisher. Master record variable field(s) change: 072 Hurwitz, Phinehas Elijah, 1765-1821. Sefer ha-berit. Sefer ha-berit (Hurwitz, Phinehas Elijah) fast (OCoLC)fst01374397 Science. Judaism and science. SCIENCE Essays. bisacsh SCIENCE Reference. bisacsh Judaism and science. fast (OCoLC)fst00984447 Science. fast (OCoLC)fst01108176 HISTORY / Jewish bisacsh Electronic books. Print version: Ruderman, David B. Best-selling Hebrew book of the modern era : the book of the covenant of Pinhas Hurwitz and its remarkable legacy. Seattle, Washington ; London, England : University of Washington Press, ©2014 xvi, 172 pages Samuel and Althea Stroum lectures in Jewish studies. 9780295994130 Samuel and Althea Stroum lectures in Jewish studies. EBSCOhost http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=934539 Coutts Information Services COUT 27952394 EBL - Ebook Library EBLB EBL3444619 ebrary EBRY ebr11003307 EBSCOhost EBSC 934539 ProQuest MyiLibrary Digital eBook Collection IDEB cis27952394 Project MUSE MUSE muse37813 YBP Library Services YANK 11933336 92 N$T 55892 55892