A Best-Selling Hebrew Book of the Modern Era: The Book of the Covenant of Pinhas Hurwitz and Its Remarkable Legacy

by David B. Ruderman

Book Overview

The history of a single book sheds light on the beginnings of modern Jewish thought

In 1797, in what is now the Czech Republic, Pinḥas Hurwitz published Book of the Covenant. Nominally an extended commentary on a sixteenth-century kabbalist text, Pinḥas's publication was in fact a compendium of scientific knowledge and a manual of moral behavior. Its popularity stemmed from its ability to present the scientific...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0295994134
• ISBN13: 9780295994130
• Release Date: December 2014
• Publisher: University of Washington Press
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.5"