The Kuzari (eBook)

Book of Refutation and Proof on Behalf of the Despised Religion (Kitab al Khazari)

Judah Halevi (Autor)

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2021
168 Seiten
e-artnow (Verlag)
406-406638396-1 (EAN)

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The Book of the Kuzari is one of the most famous works of the medieval Spanish Jewish philosopher and poet Judah Halevi. It is regarded as one the most important apologetic works of Jewish philosophy. The Kuzari takes place during a conversion of some Khazar nobility to Judaism. Divided into five parts it takes the form of a dialogue between a rabbi and a pagan. The pagan is then mythologized as the king of the Khazars who has invited the rabbi to instruct him in the tenets of Judaism. The Kuzari's emphasis is on the uniqueness of the Jewish people. The ideas and style of the work played an important role in debates within the Haskalah or Jewish Enlightenment movement.

Autor

Judah Halevi (1075-1141) was a Spanish Jewish physician, poet and philosopher. Halevi is considered one of the greatest Hebrew poets, celebrated both for his religious and secular poems, many of which appear in present-day liturgy. His greatest philosophical work was The Kuzari.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 27.4.2021
• Übersetzer: Hartwig Hirschfeld
• Verlagsort: Prague
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Philosophie des Mittelalters
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie ► Christentum
• Schlagworte: C. S. Lewis • Debates within Haskalah • Dialogue-based Apologetics • Escaping from Eden • It's All The Same To Me • Jewish Enlightenment movement • Khazar conversion • man's search for meaning • medieval Jewish philosophy • Mysteries of the Messiah • Philosophical Dialogues • Sephardic Jewish Writer • Spanish Jewish literature • Spanish Jewish Thinker • The Bible • The Book of Secret Wisdom • The Books of Enoch • The Lemon Tree • Unique Jewish Identity • You'll Get Through This