The Jewish Intellectual Tradition : : A History of Learning and Achievement /

The Jewish Intellectual Tradition : : A History of Learning and Achievement / / Alan Kadish, Michael A. Shmidman, Simcha Fishbane.

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The Jewish intellectual tradition has a long and complex history that has resulted in significant and influential works of scholarship. In this book, the authors suggest that there is a series of common principles that can be extracted from the Jewish intellectual tradition that have broad, even lif...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Academic Studies Press Complete eBook-Package 2020
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Kadish, Alan,
Fishbane, Simcha,
Shmidman, Michael A.,
Place / Publishing House:Boston, MA : : Academic Studies Press, , [2021]
©2020
Year of Publication:2021
Language:English
Series:Judaism and Jewish Life
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Physical Description:1 online resource (400 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • List of Illustrations
  • Preface
  • Introduction
  • PART ONE Libraries of the Jewish People
  • 1. Golden Libraries in the “Golden Age,” Tenth–Twelfth Centuries: The Library of Rabbi Samuel Ha-Nagid
  • 2. Nahmanides and His Library
  • 3. From Manuscript to Printing Press: The Library of Leone Modena
  • 4. The Modern Period: The Library of Rabbi Samson R. Hirsch
  • 5. The Library of Professor Harry Austryn Wolfson
  • 6. The Contemporary University Library
  • PART TWO From Text to Success: Salient Ideas and Values and Their Influence
  • Introduction
  • 7. Respect for Precedent and Critical Independence
  • 8. Logical Reasoning and Pursuit of Truth
  • 9. The Primacy of Education
  • 10. A Purposeful Life—The Pursuit of Perfection
  • 11. Summary and Conclusions
  • Note on Translations
  • Appendix: Maps
  • Illustration Credits
  • Notes
  • Index
  • Authors’ Biographies

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