Behind a Best Seller: Kabbalah, Science, and Loving Ones Neighbor in Pinhas Hurwitzs' The Book of the Covenant
Wednesday, Dec 3 7:00p
Free Library of Philadelphia
Philadelphia,
PA
This is a “Thinking with the Past” Penn History series lecture.
The Book of the Covenant [Sefer ha-Brit] was one of the most popular Hebrew books read by modern Jews, reflected in its forty editions spanning two centuries, including three Yiddish and six Ladino translations. Part scientific encyclopedia, part manual of mystical ascent, and part plea to Jews to embrace a universal ethics, the work was widely influential in an era of radical change and internal debate for Jews as well as for others.… Show more
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