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Author: Moses Mendelssohn
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 1997-05
Total Pages: 368
ISBN-13: 9780521573832
DOWNLOAD EBOOKMendelssohn's Philosophical Writings, helped propel its author to the forefront of the Berlin Enlightenment.
Author: Stephen Alexander Hodgman
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Published: 1881
Total Pages: 1240
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Louis H. Feldman
Publisher: University of Notre Dame Pess
Published: 2016-12-15
Total Pages: 555
ISBN-13: 0268159521
DOWNLOAD EBOOKPhilo's Portrayal of Moses in the Context of Ancient Judaism presents the most comprehensive study of Philo's De Vita Mosis that exists in any language. Feldman, well known for his work on Josephus and ancient Judaism, here paves new ground using rabbinic material with philological precision to illuminate important parallels and differences between Philo's writing on Moses and rabbinic literature. One way in which Hellenistic culture marginalized Judaism was by exposing the apparent defects in Moses' life and character. Philo's De Vita Mosis is a counterattack to these charges and is a vital piece of his attempt to reconcile Judaism and Hellenism. Feldman rigorously examines the text and shows how Philo presents a narrative of Moses's life similar to that of a mythical divine and heroic figure, glorifying his birth, education, and virtues. Feldman demonstrates that Philo is careful to explain in a scientific way those portions of the Bible, particularly miracles, that appear incredible to his skeptical Hellenistic readers. Through Feldman's careful analysis, Moses emerges as unique among ancient lawgivers. Philo's Portrayal of Moses in the Context of Ancient Judaism mirrors the organization of Philo's biography of Moses, which is in two books, the first, in the style of Plutarch, proceeding chronologically, and the second, in the style of Suetonius, arranged topically. Following an introductory chapter, Feldman's study discusses the life of Moses chronologically in the second chapter and examines his virtues topically in the third. Feldman compares the particular features of Philo's portrait of Moses with the way in which Moses is viewed both by Jewish sources in antiquity (including Pseudo-Philo; Josephus; Graeco-Jewish historians, poets, and philosophers; and in the Apocrypha, Pseudepigrapha, Samaritan tradition, Dead Sea Scrolls, and rabbinic tradition) and by non-Jewish sources, notably the Greek and Roman writers who mention him.
Author: Arthur P. Urbano
Publisher: CUA Press
Published: 2013-10-12
Total Pages: 376
ISBN-13: 0813221625
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAncient biographies were more than accounts of the deeds of past heroes and guides for moral living. They were also arenas for debating pressing philosophical questions and establishing intellectual credentials, as Arthur P. Urbano argues in this study of biographies composed in Late Antiquity
Author: Allan Arkush
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Published: 2012-02-01
Total Pages: 324
ISBN-13: 0791495264
DOWNLOAD EBOOKMoses Mendelssohn, the author of numerous works on natural theology and ethics, was also the first modern philosopher of Judaism. This book places Mendelssohn's thought within the context of the Leibnizian-Wolffian school, the writings of Kant and Lessing and other major figures of the Enlightenment, and within the age-old tradition of Jewish rationalism. More than any previous treatment of this subject, it questions the extent to which Mendelssohn truly succeeded in reconciling his allegiance to the philosophy of the Enlightenment with his adherence to Judaism.
Author: Shmuel Feiner
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: 2010-11-16
Total Pages: 235
ISBN-13: 0300167520
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFrom the prizewinning Jewish Lives series, an accessible and fascinating biography of Moses Mendelssohn, the seminal Jewish philosopher "A fascinating portrait of an important Enlightenment figure."—Library Journal The “German Socrates,” Moses Mendelssohn (1729–1786) was the most influential Jewish thinker of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. A Berlin celebrity and a major figure in the Enlightenment, revered by Immanuel Kant, Mendelssohn suffered the indignities common to Jews of his time while formulating the philosophical foundations of a modern Judaism suited for a new age. His most influential books included the groundbreaking Jerusalem and a translation of the Bible into German that paved the way for generations of Jews to master the language of the larger culture. Feiner’s book is the first that offers a full, human portrait of this fascinating man—uncommonly modest, acutely aware of his task as an intellectual pioneer, shrewd, traditionally Jewish, yet thoroughly conversant with the world around him—providing a vivid sense of Mendelssohn’s daily life as well as of his philosophical endeavors. Feiner, a leading scholar of Jewish intellectual history, examines Mendelssohn as father and husband, as a friend (Mendelssohn’s long-standing friendship with the German dramatist Gotthold Ephraim Lessing was seen as a model for Jews and non-Jews worldwide), as a tireless advocate for his people, and as an equally indefatigable spokesman for the paramount importance of intellectual independence.
Author: Moses Mendelssohn
Publisher: UPNE
Published: 2011
Total Pages: 298
ISBN-13: 1611682142
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAn English translation of key works, many never before translated, by Moses Mendelssohn, the founder of modern Jewish philosophy
Author: Antonella Del Prete
Publisher: BRILL
Published: 2021-12-13
Total Pages: 317
ISBN-13: 9004471952
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAn innovative perspective on the relationship between philosophy and the Bible. The early modern philosophers’ interpretations of the Scriptures allow deciphering the breeding ground of the freedom of philosophizing, the theological-political debate, and the new conception of nature.
Author: Greg Moses
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: 2018-11-05
Total Pages: 214
ISBN-13: 9781730883149
DOWNLOAD EBOOKMartin Luther King, Jr. developed a philosophical logic of nonviolence in terms of equality, structure, nonviolent direct action, and love. Here we look at the way King's analysis makes use of each concept with a special view to the context of other Black activist intellectuals. This ebook is a slightly edited version of earlier print editions.
Author: Miriam Leonard
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: 2012-06-15
Total Pages: 261
ISBN-13: 0226472477
DOWNLOAD EBOOKTaking on the question of how the glories of the classical world could be reconciled with the Bible, this book explains how Judaism played a vital role in defining modern philhellenism.
