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Acknowledgments
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David B. Ruderman
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Contents ix
- Preface xi
- Acknowledgments xvii
- Chapter 1 The Hague Dialogues 1
- Chapter 2 Pinḥas Elijah ben Meir Hurwitz: Toward a Biography of a Popular Author and Aggressive Book Dealer 18
- Chapter 3 Why Should a Kabbalist Care about the Natural World? The Meaning of Scientific Knowledge for Pinḥas Hurwitz 40
- Chapter 4 Judaism and Metaphysics: Hurwitz’s Epistemological and Historical Critique of Philosophy 57
- Chapter 5 The Moral Cosmopolitanism of Pinḥas Hurwitz: Some Initial Conjectures 75
- Chapter 6 The Readers of Sefer ha-Brit 90
- Epilogue 115
- Appendix 1 Editions of Sefer ha-Brit 123
- Appendix 2 Hurwitz’s Instructions on Printing His Book, from His Second Introduction 130
- Appendix 3 The Contents of Sefer ha-Brit 135
- Notes 137
- Index 167
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Contents ix
- Preface xi
- Acknowledgments xvii
- Chapter 1 The Hague Dialogues 1
- Chapter 2 Pinḥas Elijah ben Meir Hurwitz: Toward a Biography of a Popular Author and Aggressive Book Dealer 18
- Chapter 3 Why Should a Kabbalist Care about the Natural World? The Meaning of Scientific Knowledge for Pinḥas Hurwitz 40
- Chapter 4 Judaism and Metaphysics: Hurwitz’s Epistemological and Historical Critique of Philosophy 57
- Chapter 5 The Moral Cosmopolitanism of Pinḥas Hurwitz: Some Initial Conjectures 75
- Chapter 6 The Readers of Sefer ha-Brit 90
- Epilogue 115
- Appendix 1 Editions of Sefer ha-Brit 123
- Appendix 2 Hurwitz’s Instructions on Printing His Book, from His Second Introduction 130
- Appendix 3 The Contents of Sefer ha-Brit 135
- Notes 137
- Index 167