The Resource Spinoza's heresy : immortality and the Jewish mind, Steven Nadler
Spinoza's heresy : immortality and the Jewish mind, Steven Nadler
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- Summary
- "At the heart of Spinoza's Heresy is a mystery: why was Baruch Spinoza so harshly excommunicated from the Amsterdam Jewish community at the age of twenty-four?" "In this philosophical sequel to his acclaimed, award-winning biography of the seventeenth-century thinker, Steven Nadler argues that Spinoza's main offence was a denial of the immortality of the soul. But this only deepens the mystery. For there is no specific Jewish dogma regarding immortality: there is nothing that a Jew is required to believe about the soul and the afterlife. It was, however, for various religious, historical and political reasons, simply the wrong issue to pick on in Amsterdam in the 1650s." "After considering the nature of the ban, or cherem, as a disciplinary tool in the Sephardic community, and a number of possible explanations for Spinoza's ban, Nadler turns to the variety of traditions in Jewish religious thought on the postmortem fate of a person's soul. This is followed by an examination of Spinoza's own views on the eternity of the mind and the role that the denial of personal immortality plays in this overall philosophical project. Nadler argues that Spinoza's beliefs were not only an outgrowth of his own metaphysical principles, but also a culmination of an intellectualist trend in Jewish rationalism."--BOOK JACKET
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- xi, 225 pages
- Contents
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- Cherem in Amsterdam
- Abominations and heresies
- Patriarchs, prophets, and rabbis
- The philosophers
- Eternity and immortality
- The life of reason
- Immortality on the Amstel
- Isbn
- 9780199247073
- Label
- Spinoza's heresy : immortality and the Jewish mind
- Title
- Spinoza's heresy
- Title remainder
- immortality and the Jewish mind
- Statement of responsibility
- Steven Nadler
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "At the heart of Spinoza's Heresy is a mystery: why was Baruch Spinoza so harshly excommunicated from the Amsterdam Jewish community at the age of twenty-four?" "In this philosophical sequel to his acclaimed, award-winning biography of the seventeenth-century thinker, Steven Nadler argues that Spinoza's main offence was a denial of the immortality of the soul. But this only deepens the mystery. For there is no specific Jewish dogma regarding immortality: there is nothing that a Jew is required to believe about the soul and the afterlife. It was, however, for various religious, historical and political reasons, simply the wrong issue to pick on in Amsterdam in the 1650s." "After considering the nature of the ban, or cherem, as a disciplinary tool in the Sephardic community, and a number of possible explanations for Spinoza's ban, Nadler turns to the variety of traditions in Jewish religious thought on the postmortem fate of a person's soul. This is followed by an examination of Spinoza's own views on the eternity of the mind and the role that the denial of personal immortality plays in this overall philosophical project. Nadler argues that Spinoza's beliefs were not only an outgrowth of his own metaphysical principles, but also a culmination of an intellectualist trend in Jewish rationalism."--BOOK JACKET
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1958-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Nadler, Steven M.
- Dewey number
- 199/.492
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- B3999.I4
- LC item number
- N33 2001
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Future life
- Jewish philosophy
- Philosophy, Medieval
- Immortality
- Spinoza, Benedictus de
- Portugees-Israëlietische Gemeente te Amsterdam
- Label
- Spinoza's heresy : immortality and the Jewish mind, Steven Nadler
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [213]-222) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Cherem in Amsterdam -- Abominations and heresies -- Patriarchs, prophets, and rabbis -- The philosophers -- Eternity and immortality -- The life of reason -- Immortality on the Amstel
- Control code
- 47696794
- Dimensions
- 23 cm
- Extent
- xi, 225 pages
- Isbn
- 9780199247073
- Lccn
- 2001036731
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Label
- Spinoza's heresy : immortality and the Jewish mind, Steven Nadler
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [213]-222) and index
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- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Cherem in Amsterdam -- Abominations and heresies -- Patriarchs, prophets, and rabbis -- The philosophers -- Eternity and immortality -- The life of reason -- Immortality on the Amstel
- Control code
- 47696794
- Dimensions
- 23 cm
- Extent
- xi, 225 pages
- Isbn
- 9780199247073
- Lccn
- 2001036731
- Media category
- unmediated
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