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1 online resource |
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Supplements to The journal of Jewish thought and philosophy, 1873-9008 ; volume 27 |
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Supplements to The journal of Jewish thought and philosophy ; v. 27
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| Contents |
Introduction: In the Beginning; Part 1Bereshit-The Wisdom of the Beginning; Chapter 1 On the Wisdom of Language-Yohanan Alemanno on the Word of God and the Simulacrum of Creation; Chapter 2 On the Wisdom of Christ-Giovanni Pico della Mirandola on the Truth of the Son and the Creation of the World; Chapter 3 On the Wisdom of Angels-Isaac Abravanelon the Separate Intellects, Bodies, and the Garments of Creation; Chapter 4 On the Wisdom of Beauty-Leone Ebreo on Art and Creation; Part 2 Tohu Va-Vohu-Astounding and Substantial Beginnings |
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Chapter 5 Hylomorphic Time-Yohanan Alemanno on Form, Matter, and the Days of CreationChapter 6 Edifices and Days-Giovanni Pico della Mirandola on Formation, Teshuvah, and the Return to Christ; Chapter 7 Ex-Nihilo Creation-Isaac Abravanel on the Formation of the World, Evil, and Peace; Chapter 8 Chaos and Divine Spirit-Leone Ebreo on Greek Mythology, Jewish Lore, and the Gendered Creation of the Universe; Concluding Remarks: On Sources and Influences in Relation to "The Beginning"; Bibliography; Index |
| Summary |
In 'The Beginning of the World in Renaissance Jewish Thought', Brian Ogren offers a deep analysis of late fifteenth century Italian Jewish thought concerning the creation of the world and the beginning of time. Ogren's book is the very first to seriously juxtapose the thought of the great Jewish thinker Yohanan Alemanno, Alemanno's famed Christian interlocutor, Giovanni Pico della Mirandola, the important Iberian exegete active in Italy, Isaac Abravanel, and Abravanel's renowned philosopher son Judah, known as Leone Ebreo. By bringing these thinkers together, this book presents a new understanding of early modern uses of Jewish texts and hermeneutics. Ogren successfully demonstrates that the syntheses of philosophy and Kabbalah carried out by these four intellectuals in their quests to understand the beginning itself marked a new beginning in Western thought, characterized by simultaneous continuity and rupture |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed |
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Allemanno, Johanan ben Isaac, approximately 1435-approximately 1504 -- Criticism and interpretation
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Abravanel, Isaac, 1437-1508 -- Criticism and interpretation
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León, Hebreo, approximately 1460- -- Criticism and interpretation
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Pico della Mirandola, Giovanni, 1463-1494 -- Criticism and interpretation
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Abravanel, Isaac, 1437-1508 fast |
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Allemanno, Johanan ben Isaac, approximately 1435-approximately 1504 fast |
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León, Hebreo, approximately 1460- fast |
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Pico della Mirandola, Giovanni, 1463-1494 fast |
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Creation -- Early works to 1800
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Jewish philosophy -- Italy -- History -- 15th century
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Jewish philosophy -- Italy -- History -- 16th century
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Cabala -- Italy -- History -- 15th century
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Cabala -- Italy -- History -- 16th century
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Creation in rabbinical literature.
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RELIGION -- Judaism -- General.
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Cabala
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Creation
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Creation in rabbinical literature
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Jewish philosophy
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Italy
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Early works
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History
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Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2016031897 |
| ISBN |
9789004330634 |
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9004330631 |
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