Rabbinic theology and Jewish intellectual history

Titel: Rabbinic theology and Jewish intellectual history : the great Rabbi Loew of Prague / edited by Meir Seidler
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Veröffentlicht: London : Routledge, 2012
Umfang: XV, 229 Seiten ; 23x16 cm
Format: Buch
Sprache: Englisch
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ISBN: 9780415503600 ; 0415503604
  • Introduction
  • Part I
  • Netivot Olam - Paths of the World: The Historical Background
  • 1
  • An emperor at the Prague Castle: cosmopolitan society, politics and culture in Bohemia during Rudolf II's reign
  • Part II
  • Gur Aryeh - In the Lion's Den: Maharal's Weltanschauung
  • 2
  • Between Rationalism and Mysticism:Maharal's place in Jewish Thought
  • 3
  • The Love of God and the Fear of God in the Thought of the Maharal of Prague
  • 4
  • Maharal of Prague on time
  • 5
  • Maharal against Azaria de Rossi:The other side of skepticism
  • 6
  • At the Crossroad:Maharal's dispute with Eli'ezer Ashkenazi
  • 7
  • The Relationship Between Halakha, Philosophy and Education in Maharal's Teachings:Maharal's attitude towards the Halakhic Kitzur
  • 8
  • Sexual Restraint and Male Identity in Rabbinic Ethics and the Maharal's Further Elaborations- Applying Foucault`s idea of subjectivation to Jewish legal and ethical texts
  • Part III
  • Or Chadash - New Light: Anticipating the Birth Pangs of Modernity
  • 9
  • Modernity and Religion:New explorations in the light of the âÇ union of opposites'
  • 10
  • Torah and the Worldly Sciences in the Teaching of the Maharal of Prague and Chabad Chassidism
  • 11
  • Maharal and Religious Coercion
  • 12
  • The counter-political theory of Maharal of Prague and the formation of modern orthodox Judaism
  • Part IV
  • Derekh HaChayim - The way of Life: Maharal alias Rabbi Loew in Modern Western Culture
  • 12
  • The Golem of Prague and his 'Master'- from legends to popular movies