The Kuzari and the Shaping of Jewish Identity, 1167-1900 Paperback - Softcover

Shear, Adam

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ISBN 10: 1107404991 ISBN 13: 9781107404991

Verlag: Cambridge University Press, 2012

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In this book, Adam Shear examines the ways that the twelfth-century Book of the Kuzari became a classic of Jewish thought. Contrary to modern perceptions, Shear shows that it was often read as a way toward reconciling reason and faith and of negotiating between particularism and universalism.

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'This book represents an astonishingly thorough and erudite discussion of the reception history of one of Judaism's most important books. The research is wide-ranging, deeply perceptive, and meticulously documented. An unparalleled achievement, this volume stands with the best sort of Jewish intellectual history.' Allan Arkush, Binghamton University

'This book can only be described as a masterful treatment of its subject. Shear's scholarship is astonishing in its breadth. In the course of following the Kuzari through history, Shear sheds a great deal of light on a series of widely disparate intellectual milieus. In the final analysis, his research provides us with very important insights into a past that is widely misconstrued in the light of the present.' Matt Goldish, The Ohio State University

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Book by Shear Adam

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• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2012
• ISBN 10: 1107404991
• ISBN 13: 9781107404991
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 400