TY - BOOK AU - Veltri,Giuseppe ED - ebrary, Inc. TI - Renaissance Philosophy in Jewish garb: foundations and challenges in Judaism on the eve of modernity T2 - Supplements to The journal of Jewish thought and philosophy, AV - B5800 .V45 2009eb U1 - 181/.06 22 PY - 2009/// CY - Leiden, Boston PB - Brill KW - Jewish philosophy KW - History KW - Jews KW - Politics and government KW - Philosophy KW - Judaism and politics KW - Electronic books KW - local N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. [255]-270) and index; Introduction: In search of a Jewish renaissance -- Jewish philosophy : humanist roots of a contradiction in terms -- The prophetic-poetic dimension of philosophy : the ars poetica and Immanuel of Rome -- Leone Ebreo's concept of Jewish philosophy -- Conceptions of history : Azariah de' Rossi -- Scientific thought and the exegetical mind, with an essay on the life and works of Rabbi Judah Loew -- Mathematical and biblical exegesis : Jewish sources of Athanasius Kircher's musical theory -- Creating geographical and political utopias : the ten lost tribes and the east -- Ceremonial law : history of a philosophical-political concept -- The city and the ghetto : Simone Luzzatto and the development of Jewish political thought -- Body of conversion and immortality of the soul : Sara Copio Sullam, the "Beautiful Jewess"; Electronic reproduction; Palo Alto, Calif.; ebrary; 2013; Available via World Wide Web; Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries UR - http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10363807 ER -