Mystics, Philosophers, and Politicians: Essays in Jewish Intellectual History in Honor of Alexander Altmann.
Durham, North Carolina: Duke University Press, 1982. Hardbound. Octavo, xvi, 372 pp., Bibliography of Alexander Altmann's Writings, index of subjects and names, index to Classical and Medieval References, a few photos, with some pen in the margins on some early pages and some other minor wear and soiling. Good. Item #6694
ISBN: 0822304465
Duke Monographs in Medieval and Renaissance Studies number 5. Articles are "Alexander Altman: A Portrait," Swetschinski, "Merkavah Speculation at Qumran: The 4Q Serekh Shirot 'Olat ha-Shabbat," Lawrence Schiffman, Moses and the Law According to Maimodies," Kalman P. Bland, "Maimonides on Possibility," Alfred L. Ivry, "Principles of Judaism in Maimonides and Joseph ibn Caspi," Barry Mesch, "The Jewish Philosophical Critique of Transubstantiation," Daniel J. Lasker, "The Absolute Freedom of the Divine Will in the Philosophy of Abraham Bibago," Allan Lazaroff, "Maggidic Revelation in the Teachings of Isaac Luria," Lawrnce Fine, ""'How Profitable the nation of the Jewes Are'": The Humble Addresses of Menasseh ben Israel and the Discorso of Simone Luzzatto," Benjamin Ravid, "Rabbi Nahman Bratslaver's Journey to the Land of Israel," Arthur Green, "From Patriot to Israelite: Abraham Furtado in Revolutionary France," Frances Malino, "Ethnicity and Jewish Solidarity in Nineteenth-Century France," Phyllis Cohen Albert, "Leadership and Charisma: The Case of Theodor Herzl," Jehuda and Shulamait Reinharz , "Rosenzweig and kant: Two Views of Ritual and Religion," Paul R. Mendes-Flohr.
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