Beyond Faith : Belief, Morality and Memory in a Fifteenth-Century Judeo-Iberian Manuscript.
by
Hamilton, Michelle M.
Title
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Beyond Faith : Belief, Morality and Memory in a Fifteenth-Century Judeo-Iberian Manuscript.
Author
:
Hamilton, Michelle M.
ISBN
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9789004282735
Personal Author
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Hamilton, Michelle M.
Edition
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1st ed.
Physical Description
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1 online resource (353 pages)
Series
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The Medieval and Early Modern Iberian World ; v.57
The Medieval and Early Modern Iberian World
Contents
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Contents -- Acknowledgements -- List of Illustrations -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 Prooftexts: God and Knowledge in the Visión deleitable -- Chapter 2 The Polemics of Sacrifice: Isaac and "Nuestro Padre" Abraham -- Chapter 3 Material and Translation: The Jewish Tradition and Fifteenth-Century Humanism -- Chapter 4 The Art of Memory and Forgetting: The Judeo-Andalusi and Scholastic Traditions -- Chapter 5 The Wisdom of Seneca: Humanism and the Jews -- Chapter 6 The Place of the Dead: The Vernacular Dance of Death and the Legacy of the Judeo-Iberian Middle Ages -- Conclusion: Textual Truths -- Bibliography -- Index.
Abstract
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In Beyond Faith Hamilton explores how a collection of fifteenth-century vernacular texts recorded in Hebrew points to a form of personal religious belief shaped in a century of political and social strife, reflecting knowledge of the Judeo-Andalusi philosophical tradition and emerging European humanism.
Local Note
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
Subject Term
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Hebrew literature -- Spain -- History and criticism.
Hebrew literature, Medieval -- History and criticism.
Ladino language -- Dictionaries -- Hebrew.
Spanish language -- Dictionaries -- Hebrew.
Spanish language -- To 1500 -- Sources.
Genre
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Electronic books.
Electronic Access
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| Library | Material Type | Item Barcode | Shelf Number | Status |
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| IYTE Library | E-Book | 1279057-1001 | PJ5016 -- .H36 2014 EB | Ebrary E-Books |