Lawee Isaac Abarbanel's Stance Toward Tradition

Defense, Dissent, and Dialogue
1. Auflage 2012
ISBN: 978-0-7914-8988-8
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 334 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm

Explores the thought of Isaac Abarbanel, courtier-financier and important Jewish thinker at the turn of the sixteenth century, from the perspective of his negotiation with Jewish tradition.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Lawee, Eric

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Jüdische Studien Geschichte des Judentums
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Religionsgeschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgments
Bibliographic Notes / Abbreviations
Introduction 1. Life and Contexts
2. Works and Traditions
3. "To the Help of the Lord Against the Mighty": 'Ateret zeqenim
4. Rabbinic Legacy: Background and Parameters
5. The Rabbinic Hermeneutic: Midrash in the Biblical Commentaries
6. In Search of Classical Jewish Eschatology: Yeshu'ot meshiho
7. Historical Thinking, Critical Reading, and the Study of Classical Jewish Texts
8. Abarbanel and Tradition: Six Trends
Notes
Bibliography
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Eric Lawee is Assistant Professor of Humanities at York University.