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The Reasons for the Commandments in Jewish Thought. From the Bible to the Renaissance.
Isaac Heinemann
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Surveys the crucial phases of Jewish thought concerning correct conduct as codified in the commandments. This work provides the author's own insights about the intellectual, emotional, pedagogical, and pragmatic reasoning advanced by the major Jewish thinkers. It covers Jewish thinkers from the Bible, rabbis and Hellenistic philosophers. Translator(s): Levin, Leonard. Series: Reference Library of Jewish Intellectual History. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HP; HRJ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 516.
This classic work by early-20th-century Jewish humanist and scholar Isaac Heinemann surveys the crucial phases of Jewish thought concerning correct conduct as codified in the commandments. Heinemann provides his own systematic insights about the intellectual, emotional, pedagogical, and pragmatic reasoning advanced by the major Jewish thinkers. Volume I, translated here for the first time, covers Jewish thinkers from the Bible, rabbis and Hellenistic philosophers through the Middle Ages and the Renaissance, including Saadiah, Halevi, Maimonides, Albo and many others. Heinemann addresses such questions as: what were the Biblical, rabbinic, medieval, and modern rationales offered for the commandments in the course ... Read more
This classic work by early-20th-century Jewish humanist and scholar Isaac Heinemann surveys the crucial phases of Jewish thought concerning correct conduct as codified in the commandments. Heinemann provides his own systematic insights about the intellectual, emotional, pedagogical, and pragmatic reasoning advanced by the major Jewish thinkers. Volume I, translated here for the first time, covers Jewish thinkers from the Bible, rabbis and Hellenistic philosophers through the Middle Ages and the Renaissance, including Saadiah, Halevi, Maimonides, Albo and many others. Heinemann addresses such questions as: what were the Biblical, rabbinic, medieval, and modern rationales offered for the commandments in the course ... Read more
Product Details
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Academic Studies Press United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
Series
Reference Library of Jewish Intellectual History
Number of Pages
240
Format
Hardback
Place of Publication
Brighton, United States
ISBN
9781934843048
SKU
V9781934843048
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About Isaac Heinemann
Isaac Heinemann (1876-1957) was one of the leading Jewish humanists and scholars of the early 20th century. His career spanned the golden age of Jewish scholarship in central Europe and the rise of Jewish studies in modern Israel. He was a leading authority in Hellenistic and rabbinic studies, writing major studies of Philo of Alexandria and the rabbinic lore (agada). ... Read more
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