Happiness in Premodern Judaism - Virtue, Knowledge, and Well-Being

Hava Tirosh-Samuelson shows that rabbinic Judaism regarded itself primarily as a prescription for the attainment of happiness, and that the discourse on happiness captures the evolution of Jewish intellectual history from antiquity to the seventeenth century.

Summary

Hava Tirosh-Samuelson shows that rabbinic Judaism regarded itself primarily as a prescription for the attainment of happiness, and that the discourse on happiness captures the evolution of Jewish intellectual history from antiquity to the seventeenth century.

Product details

• Authors: Hava Tirosh-Samuelson
• Publisher: University Of Pittsburgh Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 29.02.2016
• EAN: 9780822963974
• ISBN: 978-0-8229-6397-4
• No. of pages: 608
• Dimensions: 154 mm x 229 mm x 37 mm
• Weight: 848 g
• Series: Monographs of the Hebrew Union; Monographs of the Hebrew Union; Monographs of the Hebrew Union College
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Non-fiction book > History > Pre and early history, antiquity