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      Rabbinic Theology and Jewish Intellectual History
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      The Great Rabbi Loew of Prague

      Rabbinic Theology and Jewish Intellectual History

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      Rabbinic Theology and Jewish Intellectual History book

      The Great Rabbi Loew of Prague
      Edited ByMeir Seidler
      Edition 1st Edition
      First Published 2012
      eBook Published 28 August 2012
      Pub. Location London
      Imprint Routledge
      DOI https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203718407
      Pages 256
      eBook ISBN 9780203718407
      Subjects Area Studies, Humanities
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      Seidler, M. (Ed.). (2012). Rabbinic Theology and Jewish Intellectual History: The Great Rabbi Loew of Prague (1st ed.). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203718407

      ABSTRACT

      Rabbi Loew (the Maharal) of Prague remains one of the most influential and prolific Jewish thinkers of his time. Widely considered one of the fathers of Hassidic thought and a harbinger of Modern Jewish philosophy, his life and work have retained their influence and remain prevalent today.

      Adopting a multi-disciplinary approach, this book ranges from an analysis of the historical background to Maharal’s thought, to examining the relevance of this thought in the modern era, before addressing the popular cultural and folkloristic reception of Maharal’s impact on modern, Western culture. This book presents a new understanding of familiar material and will be an invaluable asset to students and scholars of Modern and Early-Modern Jewish History and Intellectual thought.

      TABLE OF CONTENTS

      chapter |7 pages

      Introduction

      ByMEIR SEIDLER

      part |1 pages

      PART I Netivot Olam – paths of the world: the historical background

      chapter 1|19 pages

      An emperor at the Prague Castle: cosmopolitan society, politics and culture in Bohemia during Rudolf II’s reign

      ByJAROSLAV PÁNEK

      part |1 pages

      PART II Gur Aryeh – in the Lion’s Den: Maharal’s Weltanschauung

      chapter 2|11 pages

      Between rationalism and mysticism: Maharal’s place in Jewish thought

      ByBINYAMIN GROSS

      chapter 3|10 pages

      The Love of God and the Fear of God in the thought of the Maharal of Prague JOSEPH ELKOUBY

      chapter 4|11 pages

      Maharal of Prague on time

      ByDOV SCHWARTZ

      chapter 5|12 pages

      Maharal against Azariah de’ Rossi: the other side of scepticism

      ByGIUSEPPE VELTRI

      chapter 6|9 pages

      At the methodological crossroad: the dispute with Eliezer Ashkenazi

      ByANDRÉ NEHER

      chapter 7|16 pages

      The relationship between Halakha, philosophy and education in Maharal’s teachings: Maharal’s attitude towards the Halakhic Kitzur

      ByNERIA GUTTEL

      chapter 8|28 pages

      Sexual restraint and male identity in rabbinic ethics and Maharal’s further elaborations: applying Foucault’s idea of subjectivation to Jewish legal and ethical texts DAVID BIERNOT

      part |1 pages

      PART III Or Chadash – new light: anticipating the birth pangs of modernity

      chapter 9|29 pages

      Modernity and religion: new explorations in the light of the ‘union of opposites’

      ByAVINOAM ROSENAK

      chapter 10|14 pages

      The Torah and the worldly sciences in the teaching of the Maharal of Prague and Chabad Chassidism

      BySHIMON COWEN

      chapter 11|11 pages

      Maharal and religious coercion

      ByMEIR SEIDLER

      chapter 12|24 pages

      The counter political-theology of Maharal of Prague and the formation of modern orthodox Judaism

      ByDAVID SOROTZKIN

      part |1 pages

      PART IV Derekh HaChayim – the way of life: Maharal, alias Rabbi Loew, in modern Western Culture

      chapter 13|8 pages

      The Golem of Prague and his ‘master’: from legends to popular movies

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