The Reasons for the Commandments in Jewish Thought: From the Bible to the Renaissance

by Isaac Heinemann, Leonard Levin (Translator)

Overview

This classic work by early-20th-century Jewish humanist and scholar Isaac Heinemann surveys the crucial phases of Jewish thought concerning correct conduct as codified in the commandments. Heinemann provides his own systematic insights about the intellectual, emotional, pedagogical, and pragmatic reasoning advanced by the major Jewish thinkers.
This volume covers Jewish thinkers from the Bible, rabbis and Hellenistic philosophers through the Middle Ages and the Renaissance, including Saadiah, Halevi, Maimonides, Albo, and many others. Heinemann addresses such questions as: "What were the Biblical, rabbinic, medieval, and modern rationales offered for the commandments in the course of Jewish thought?"

Product Details

BN ID:	2940014493734
Publisher:	Academic Studies Press
Publication date:	05/01/2008
Series:	Reference Library of Jewish Intellectual History , #9
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	240
File size:	583 KB

About the Author

Isaac Heinemann (1876-1957) was one of the leading Jewish humanists and scholars of the early 20th century. His career spanned the golden age of Jewish scholarship in central Europe and the rise of Jewish studies in modern Israel. He was a leading authority in Hellenistic and rabbinic studies, writing major studies of Philo of Alexandria and the rabbinic lore (Agada).

Leonard Levin teaches Jewish philosophy at the Jewish Theological Seminary of America in New York.