Renaissance Philosophy in Jewish garb foundations and challenges in Judaism on the eve of modernity / [electronic resource] :
by Giuseppe Veltri.
- Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2009.
- x, 275 p.
- Supplements to The journal of Jewish thought and philosophy, v. 8 1873-9008 ; .
- Supplements to The journal of Jewish thought and philosophy ; v. 8. .
Includes bibliographical references (p. [255]-270) and index.
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".
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Jewish philosophy--History. Jews--Politics and government--Philosophy. Judaism and politics.