Accounting for the commandments in medieval Judaism: studies in law, philosophy, pietism, and kabbalah
"Accounting for the Commandments in Medieval Judaism explores the discursive formation of the commandments as a generative matrix of Jewish thought and life in the posttalmudic period. Each study sheds light on how medieval Jews crafted the commandments out of theretofore underdetermined materi...
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Published: |
Leiden ; Boston
Brill
[2021]
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| In: | Year: 2021 |
| Reviews: | [Rezension von: Accounting for the commandments in medieval Judaism : Studies in Law, Philosophy, Pietism and Kabbalah] (2023) (Fishkin, Dana W.)
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| Series/Journal: | Études sur le Judaïsme médiéval
vol. 86 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Judaism
/ Law (Theology)
/ Commandment
/ History 500-1500
B Cabala / Law (Theology) |
| Further subjects: | B
Commandments, Six hundred and thirteen
History of doctrines
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| Parallel Edition: | Electronic
Electronic |
| Summary: | "Accounting for the Commandments in Medieval Judaism explores the discursive formation of the commandments as a generative matrix of Jewish thought and life in the posttalmudic period. Each study sheds light on how medieval Jews crafted the commandments out of theretofore underdetermined material. By systematizing, representing, or interrogating the amorphous category of commandment, medieval Jewish authors across both the Islamic and Christian spheres of influence sought to explain, justify, and characterize Israel's legal system, divine revelation, the cosmos, and even the divine order. This volume correlates bodies of knowledge-such as jurisprudence, philosophy, ethics, pietism, and kabbalah-that are normally treated in isolation into a single conversation about a shared constitutional concern"-- |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| ISBN: | 9004460934 |