The Jewish intellectual tradition a history of learning and achievement

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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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Kadish, Alan, 1956- autor (autor), Shmidman, Michael A., autor, Fishbane, Simcha, autor
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Boston : Academic Studies Press 2020.
Colección:EBSCO Academic eBook Collection.
Judaism and Jewish life.
Acceso en línea:Conectar con la versión electrónica
Ver en Universidad de Navarra:https://innopac.unav.es/record=b46489502*spi
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.