In 'Reading the Rabbis' Eva De Visscher examines the Hebrew scholarship of Englishman Herbert of Bosham (c.1120-c.1194). Chiefly known as the loyal secretary and hagiographer of Archbishop Thomas Becket and enemy of Henry II, he appears here as an outstanding Hebraist whose ling…
Gideon Freudenthal offers a novel interpretation of Mendelssohn's general philosophy and discusses Mendelssohn's semiotic interpretation of idolatry in his Jerusalem and in his Hebrew biblical commentary.
Gideon Freudenthal offers a novel interpretation of Mendelssohn's general philosophy and discusses Mendelssohn's semiotic interpretation of idolatry in his Jerusalem and in his Hebrew biblical commentary.
"This book asks whether hope for a better future is defensible in light of the human propensity for evil"--