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

Author/creator Veltri, Giuseppe
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Publication InfoLeiden ; Boston : Brill,
Descriptionx, 275 p. ; 25 cm.
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SeriesSupplements to The journal of Jewish thought and philosophy, 1873-9008 ; v. 8
Supplements to The journal of Jewish thought and philosophy ; v. 8. ^A1277769
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".
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [255]-270) and index.
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LCCN 2008035813
ISBN9789004171961 (alk. paper)
ISBN9004171967 (alk. paper)

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