Title: Rabbinic theology and Jewish intellectual history : the great Rabbi Loew of Prague /
Authors: Seidler, Meir.
Publisher: Routledge,
Year: 2013
Subjects: Judah Loew ben Bezalel, Teachings.; Rabbis Czech Republic Prague Biography.; Prague (Czech Republic) Biography.
Contents: An emperor at the Prague Castle : cosmopolitan society, politics and culture in Bohemia during Rudolf II's reign / Jaroslav Pánek -- Between rationalism and mysticism : Maharal's place in Jewish thought / Binyamin Gross -- The love of God and the fear of God in the thought of the Maharal of Prague / Joseph Elkouby -- Maharal of Prague on time / Dov Schwartz -- Maharal against Azariah de' Rossi : the other side of scepticism / Giuseppe Veltri -- At the methodological crossroad : the dispute with Eliezer Ashkenazi / André Neher -- The relationship between Halakha, philosophy and education in Maharal's teachings : Maharal's attitude towards the Halakhic Kitzur / Neria Guttel -- Sexual restraint and male identity in rabbinic ethics and Maharal's further elaborations : applying Foucault's idea of subjectivation to Jewish legal and ethical texts / David Biernot -- Modernity and religion : new explorations in light of the 'union of opposites' / Avinoam Rosenak -- The Torah and the worldly sciences in the teaching of the Maharal of Prague and Chabad Chassidism / Shimon Cowen -- Maharal and religious coercion / Meir Seidler -- The counter political-theology of Maharal of Prague and the formation of modern orthodox Judaism / David Sorotzkin -- The Golem of Prague and his 'master' : from legends to popular movies / Klaus Davidowicz