Adam Shear

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

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book offers a new approach to Judah Halevi's Book of the Kuzari by focusing on its reception.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 402
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. August 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 28mm
• Gewicht: 803g
• ISBN-13: 9780521885331
• ISBN-10: 0521885337
• Artikelnr.: 24927329

Inhaltsangabe

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.