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 |
Schriftenreihe/ mehrbändiges Werk: |
Routledge Jewish studies series |
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ISBN: | 9780415503600 ; 0415503604 |
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Ausführliche Beschreibung
Autorenbiografie Inhaltsverzeichnis |
- 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