Jewish Thought in the Seventeenth Century (Center for Jewish Studies, Harvard Judaic Monographs Vol. VI)

Twersky, Isadore; Bernard Septimus (eds.). Jewish Thought in the Seventeenth Century (Center for Jewish Studies, Harvard Judaic Monographs Vol. VI). Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, 1987. First edition. Small quarto. (vii) 521pp. [1]. Textured tan wrappers with black lettering on the front cover and spine. As stated in the preface, this volume contains the full content of the proceedings of an international conference on Jewish thought in the seventeenth century, held under the auspices of the Harvard Center for Jewish Studies. The wide-ranging papers, here included, focus on topics such as Jewish Law an society, Rabbinic authority, the relationship between Halakah and cognate disciplines, contemporary developments in Jewish philosophy and mysticism, major trends in polemical and apologetic literature and historical thought, as well as the connection between Jewish thought and the general intellectual background. Binding with a few minor to light scratches, abrasions and smudges to the wrappers. Binding in very good, interior in near fine condition overall. vg to near fine. Softcover. (47276) $95