The Kuzari and the Shaping of Jewish Identity, 1167-1900

AvAdam Shear

Inbunden, Engelska, 2008

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Beskrivning

Judah Halevi's Book of the Kuzari is a defense of Judaism that has enjoyed an almost continuous transmission since its composition in the twelfth century. By surveying the activities of readers, commentators, copyists and printers for more than 700 years, Adam Shear examines the ways that the Kuzari became a classic of Jewish thought. Today, the Kuzari is usually understood as the major statement of an anti-rationalist and ethnocentric approach to Judaism and is often contrasted with the rationalism and universalism of Maimonides's Guide for the Perplexed. But this conception must be seen as a modern construction, and the reception history of the Kuzari demonstrates that many earlier readers of the work understood it as offering a way toward reconciling reason and faith and of negotiating between particularism and universalism.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2008-10-06
Mått:152 x 229 x 27 mm
Vikt:760 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:402
Förlag:Cambridge University Press
ISBN:9780521885331
Utmärkelser:Winner of National Jewish Book Award (Scholarship) 2008

Utforska kategorier

Religion: allmänt inom Filosofi och religion
Judendom inom Filosofi och religion
Kulturvetenskap inom Samhälle och politik

Mer om författaren

Adam Shear teaches in the Department of Religious Studies at the University of Pittsburgh. He has been a Fellow at the Center for Advanced Judaic Studies at the University of Pennsylvania. He is editor of the English edition of The Historical Writings of Joseph of Rosheim (2006) and is currently co-editing a volume (with Joseph Hacker) on the history of the early modern Jewish book.

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'This book represents an astonishingly thorough and erudite discussion of the reception history of one of Judaism's most important books. The research is wide-ranging, deeply perceptive, and meticulously documented. An unparalleled achievement, this volume stands with the best sort of Jewish intellectual history.' Allan Arkush, Binghamton University

Innehållsförteckning

Introduction; 1. Texts and contexts: pre-modern dissemination and transmission; 2. The image and function of the Kuzari in the Late Middle Ages; 3. The Kuzari in Renaissance Italy; 4. Judah Moscato's project and the making of an authoritative work; 5. The image and function of the Kuzari in early modern Europe; 6. The creation of an Enlightenment Kuzari; 7. Continuity and change in the nineteenth century; Conclusion: the emergence of late modern dichotomies.