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Isadore Twersky, Carmi Horowitz, Michael Shmidman - History and Halakhah, Intellect and Spirit, Inbunden

Inbunden, Engelska, 2027

History and Halakhah, Intellect and Spirit

Essays by Isadore Twersky

Av Isadore Twersky, Carmi Horowitz, Michael Shmidman

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History and Halakhah, Intellect and Spirit gathers the major scholarly essays, including many newly translated from Hebrew, of a master of medieval and early modern Jewish intellectual history. Isadore Twersky (1930–1997) was one of the outstanding Maimonidean scholars of his time, whose work spanned Jewish historical creativity from Geonic times through the seventeenth century, and also touched on contemporary issues and figures. He was the Littauer Professor of Hebrew Literature and Philosophy at Harvard University and founder of its Center for Jewish Studies.This volume presents Twersky’s works on Maimonidean studies, halakhic scholars and literature, Halakhah and meta-halakhah, Jewish intellectual history and contemporary themes. The introduction surveys Twersky’s life and presents the major themes and ideas in his scholarship to a new readership.
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  • Utgivningsdatum: 2027-03-02
  • Mått: 178 x 254 x undefined mm
  • Format: Inbunden
  • Språk: Engelska
  • Antal sidor: 986
  • Förlag: Harvard University Press
  • ISBN: 9780674308145
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Isadore Twersky (1930–1997) was the Littauer Professor of Hebrew Literature and Philosophy at Harvard University and founder of its Center for Jewish Studies. Carmi Horowitz taught at Ben Gurion University of the Negev and Bar Ilan University, served as Dean of the Touro Graduate School of Jewish Studies in Jerusalem, Rector of the Lander Institute in Jerusalem, President of the Givat Washington Teachers College, and chair of the graduate program in Jewish Thought at Michlalah Jerusalem College. Michael A. Shmidman is Dean Emeritus and Victor J. Selmanowitz Professor of Jewish History at Touro Graduate School of Jewish Studies and editor at Touro University Press. He is co-author with Isadore Twersky of Law and Philosophy: Perspectives on Maimonides’ Teaching. He also served as editor of Tradition: A Journal of Orthodox Jewish Thought.

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