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A Best-Selling Hebrew Book of the Modern Era: The Book of the Covenant of Pinhas Hurwitz and Its Remarkable Legacy (Stroum Lectures in Jewish Studies)
A BestSelling Hebrew Book of the Modern Era The Book of the Covenant of Pinhas Hurwitz and Its Remarkable Legacy - Stroum Lectures in Jewish Studies
Author: David B. Ruderman
In 1797, in what is now the Czech Republic, Pin as Hurwitz published one of the best-selling Hebrew books of the modern era. Nominally an extended commentary on a sixteenth-century kabbalist text, "The Book of the Covenant "was in fact a compendium of scientific knowledge and a manual of moral behavior. Its popularity stemmed from its ability to...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780295994130
ISBN-10: 0295994134
Publication Date: 10/21/2014
Pages: 216
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Publisher: University of Washington Press
Book Type: Hardcover
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