José Faur

Broschiertes Buch

Homo Mysticus

A Guide to Maimonides's Guide for the Perplexed

Beschreibung

This text examines the ideas, perspectives and methodologies developed in critical theory and poststructural analysis. This interpretation of Maimonides A Guide to the Perplexed reveals views on prophecy, philosophy, the importance of fulfilling the commandments, esoterism and mysticism.

Autor

José Faur teaches Talmud at Bar-Ilan University and Law at the newly established Law School in Netanya, Israel. He has published numerous studies in the fields of Sephardica, Rabbinic literature and jurisprudence, linguistics, and critical theory. He is author of In the Shadow of History: Jews and Conversos at the Dawn of Modernity (1992), Golden Doves with Silver Dots: Semiotics and Textuality in Rabbinic Tradition (1986), and Studies in the Mishne Tora (1978, in Hebrew).

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Syracuse University Press
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. April 1999
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 474g
• ISBN-13: 9780815627814
• ISBN-10: 0815627815
• Artikelnr.: 21224710