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Abraham Melamed - Wisdom's Little Sister: Studies in Medieval and Renaissance Jewish Political Thought (Emunot: Jewish Philosophy and Kabbalah) - 9781936235322 - V9781936235322
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Wisdom's Little Sister: Studies in Medieval and Renaissance Jewish Political Thought (Emunot: Jewish Philosophy and Kabbalah)

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Description for Wisdom's Little Sister: Studies in Medieval and Renaissance Jewish Political Thought (Emunot: Jewish Philosophy and Kabbalah) Hardcover. Following the pioneering efforts of Leo Strauss, Ralph Lerner and Daniel Elazar, among others, Jewish political philosophy gained its proper place alongside ethics and metaphysics in the study of the history of Jewish philosophy. Consisting of selected papers published in English, this book concentrates on the Medieval and Renaissance periods. Series: Emunot: Jewish Philosophy and Kabbalah. Num Pages: 350 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HPS; JFSR1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 239 x 169 x 29. Weight in Grams: 756.

As a recently established field of Jewish thought, Jewish political philosophy has made increasingly frequent appearances in recently edited histories of Jewish philosophy. Following the pioneering efforts of Leo Strauss, Ralph Lerner and Daniel Elazar, among others, Jewish political philosophy gained its proper place alongside ethics and metaphysics in the study of the history of Jewish philosophy. This volume is another manifestation of this welcomed development. Consisting of selected papers published in English over the last thirty years, Wisdom’s Little Sister concentrates on the Medieval and Renaissance periods, from Sa'adiah Gaon in the tenth century to Spinoza in the seventeenth ... Read more

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Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Academic Studies Press
Condition
New
Series
Emunot: Jewish Philosophy and Kabbalah
Number of Pages
430
Place of Publication
Brighton, United States
ISBN
9781936235322
SKU
V9781936235322
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About Abraham Melamed
Abraham Melamed (Ph.D. Tel-Aviv University) is Professor of Jewish Philosophy in the University of Haifa in Israel, and holds the Wolfson Chair for the study of the Jewish Cultural Heritage. He has published numerous studies, mainly concentrating on Medieval and Renaissance Jewish intellectual history, history of ideas and political philosophy. His most recent books include The Black in Jewish Culture ... Read more

Reviews for Wisdom's Little Sister: Studies in Medieval and Renaissance Jewish Political Thought (Emunot: Jewish Philosophy and Kabbalah)
Abraham Melamed is one of the foremost scholars of medieval and Renaissance Jewish political thought today. Wisdom's Little Sister brings together a fine collection of his English studies, written over three decades. These thirteen studies range from the two opening oft-cited general articles that delineate the field to articles on particular subjects. This latter research is that for which Melamed ... Read more

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