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Author Levin, Leonard, 1946-

Title Seeing with both eyes : Ephraim Luntshitz and the Polish-Jewish renaissance / by Leonard S. Levin
Published Leiden ; Boston : Brill, ©2008

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Description 1 online resource (xvi, 449 pages)
Series Supplements to The journal of Jewish thought and philosophy, 1873-9008 ; v. 2
Supplements to The journal of Jewish thought and philosophy ; v. 2.
Contents Circles of infuence: Polish Jewish thought in the age of the late Renaissance -- The first wave (1550-1580) : Isserles, Jaffe, and Horowitz -- Young Ephraim: Ephraim's early outlook as expressed in City of Heroes -- The debate between Eliezer and Maharal -- Ephraim discovers philosophy -- The quest of reason: the outlook of the Precious Ornament (part 1) -- Return to origins: the outlook of the Precious Ornament (part 2) -- Conclusion
Summary This is an integrated study of the revival of philosophical studies in 16th-century central-European Jewry focusing on seven major thinkers and especially on the intellectual development of Ephraim Luntshitz (1550-1619). Preoccupation with philosophy is traced through Moses Isserles, Solomon Luria, Mordecai Jaffe, Abraham Horowitz, Eliezer Ashkenazi, Maharal of Prague, and Ephraim Luntshitz. Analysis of these thinkers' intellectual affiliations is based on close analysis of their primary texts, of which a generous selection is provided in translation for the first time. This work advances the
Bibliography "English and Hebrew titles of primary works": pages xv-xvi
Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-220) and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Ephraim Solomon ben Aaron, of Luntshits, 1550-1619.
Isserles, Moses ben Israel, approximately 1525-1572.
Jaffe, Mordecai ben Abraham, approximately 1535-1612.
SUBJECT Ephraim Solomon ben Aaron, of Luntshits, 1550-1619 fast (OCoLC)fst00240557
Isserles, Moses ben Israel, approximately 1525-1572 fast (OCoLC)fst01826480
Jaffe, Mordecai ben Abraham, approximately 1535-1612 fast (OCoLC)fst01826721
Lunṭshits, Shelomoh Efrayim. swd
Subject Rabbis -- Poland -- Biography
Jewish philosophers -- History -- 16th century
Jewish philosophy -- 16th century.
RELIGION -- Judaism -- Theology.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- General.
Jewish philosophers.
Jewish philosophy.
Rabbis.
Jüdische Philosophie
Poland.
Polen
Genre/Form Biographies.
History.
Biographies.
Biographies.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9789047432746
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