{"product_id":"collected-essays-volume-iii-9781904113997","title":"Collected Essays: Volume III","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eContinuing his contribution to medieval Jewish intellectual history, Haym Soloveitchik focuses here on the radical pietist movement of \u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eḤ\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003easidei Ashkenaz and its main literary work, \u003ci\u003eSefer \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eḤ\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003easidim\u003c\/i\u003e, and on the writings and personality of the Provençal commentator Ravad of Posquières. In both areas Soloveitchik challenges mainstream views to provide a new understanding of medieval Jewish thought. Some of the essays are revised and updated versions of work previously published and some are entirely new, but in all of them Soloveitchik challenges reigning views to provide a new understanding of medieval Jewish thought.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe section on \u003ci\u003eSefer Ḥasidim\u003c\/i\u003e brings together over half a century of Soloveitchik’s writings on German Pietism, many of which originally appeared in obscure publications, and adds two new essays. The first of these is a methodological study of how to read this challenging work and an exposition of what constitutes a valid historical inference, while the second reviews the validity of the sociological and anthropological inferences presented in contemporary historiography. In discussing Ravad’s oeuvre, Soloveitchik questions the widespread notion that Ravad’s chief accomplishment was his commentary on Maimonides’ Mishneh torah; his Talmud commentary, he claims, was of far greater importance and was his true masterpiece. He also adds a new study that focuses on the acrimony between Ravad, as the low-born genius of Posquières, and R. Zerahyah ha-Levi of Lunel, who belonged to the Jewish aristocracy of Languedoc, and considers the implications of that relationship.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Like all of Professor Soloveitchik’s studies, the book is distinguished by the thoroughness of its scholarship and attention to even the smallest details... reading Professor Soloveitchik’s three volumes of magisterial essays will certainly engage and educate the reader, and one can only hope that we will merit to see a fourth volume in the not too distant future.'\u003cbr\u003eAlan Jotkowitz, \u003ci\u003eLehrhaus \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'In presenting new perspectives on medieval Jewish thought, these collected essays further underline Soloveitchik’s well deserved reputation as an adept, learned and gifted intellectual historian. Highly recommended for all libraries.' David B Levy, \u003ci\u003eAssociation of Jewish Libraries News and Reviews \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePART I. \u003ci\u003eSEFER ḤASIDIM\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eSpecific Studies\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e1. Three Themes in \u003ci\u003eSefer Ḥasidim\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e2. On Dating \u003ci\u003eSefer \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eḤasidim\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e3. Piety, Pietism, and German Pietism: \u003ci\u003eSefer \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eḤasidim\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e I\u003c\/i\u003e and the Influence of \u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eḤ\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003easidei Ashkenaz\u003cbr\u003e4. Pietists and Kibbitzers\u003cbr\u003e5. The Midrash, \u003ci\u003eSefer Ḥasidim\u003c\/i\u003e, and the Changing Face of God\u003cbr\u003e6. Two Notes on the \u003ci\u003eCommentary on the Torah\u003c\/i\u003e of R. Yehudah he-Ḥasid\u003cbr\u003e7. Topics in the \u003ci\u003eḤ\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eokhmat ha-Nefesh\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMethodological Issues\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e8. On Reading \u003ci\u003eSefer Ḥasidim\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e9. \u003ci\u003eSefer \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eḤ\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003easidim\u003c\/i\u003e and the Social Sciences\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePART II. RAVAD AND PROVENÇAL STUDIES\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e10. Rabad of Posquières: A Programmatic Essay\u003cbr\u003e11. The Literary Remains of the \u003ci\u003eGedol ha-Mefarshim\u003c\/i\u003e: A Study in Personal Rivalry and the Repulsion of Opposites\u003cbr\u003e12. A Response to R. Buckwold's Critique of 'Rabad of Posquières', Part I\u003cbr\u003e13. A Response to R. Buckwold's Critique of 'Rabad of Posquières', Part II\u003cbr\u003e14. Jewish and Roman Law: A Study in Interaction\u003cbr\u003e15. The Riddle of Me'iri's Recent Popularity\u003cbr\u003e16. Printing and the History of Halakhah\u003cbr\u003e17. Angle of Deflection\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eBibliography of Manuscripts\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eSource Acknowledgements\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eIndex of Names\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eIndex of Places\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eIndex of Subjects\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Liverpool University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50470269583703,"sku":"9781904113997","price":51.66,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781904113997.jpg?v=1744897851","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/collected-essays-volume-iii-9781904113997","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}