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Author:   Daniel Lasker
Publisher:   Brill
Imprint:   Brill
Volume:   4
Weight:   0.655kg
ISBN:  

9789004167933

ISBN 10:   9004167935
Pages:   296
Publication Date:   02 October 2008
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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CONTENTS BACKGROUND Chapter One Karaism and Karaite Philosophy Chapter Two Karaite Attitudes towards Religion and Science Chapter Three Karaite Philosophy in the Classical Period MAJOR THINKERS Chapter Four Judah Hadassi Chapter Five Aaron ben Joseph Chapter Six Aaron ben Elijah Chapter Seven Elijah Bashyatchi CONTACTS WITH RABBANITE THINKERS Chapter Eight Karaites in Spain Chapter Nine Judah Halevi and Karaism Chapter Ten Maimonides and Karaism-Mutual Influences Chapter Eleven Karaism and the Jewish-Christian Debate TOPICS Chapter Twelve The Theory of Compensation ('Iwad ) in Rabbanite and Karaite Thought: Animal Sacrifices, Ritual Slaughter, and Circumcision Chapter Thirteen The Prophecy of Abraham in Karaite Thought Chapter Fourteen Jerusalem in Later Karaite Thought Chapter Fifteen Afterlife and Eschatology INTO THE MODERN PERIOD Chapter Sixteen Into the Modern Period

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Daniel J. Lasker, Ph.D. (1976) in Near Eastern and Judaic Studies, Brandeis University, is the Norbert Blechner Professor of Jewish Values at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva. His books include Jewish Philosophical Polemics Against Christianity in the Middle Ages (1977; second edition, 2007); and an edition and translation of Hasdai Crescas' Refutation of the Christian Principles.

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