The Refutation of the Christian Principles (SUNY Series in Jewish Philosophy) - Softcover

Crescas, Hasdai

Softcover

ISBN 10: 079140966X ISBN 13: 9780791409664

Publisher: State University of New York Press, 1992

Synopsis

During the fourteenth century, there was a general demoralization in the Jewish commmunity in Spain. Many Jews were on the brink of conversion. Rabbi Crescas met the Christian challenge by writing this pithy book refuting the principles of the Christian religion.

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About the Author

Daniel J. Lasker is Associate Professor of Jewish Thought at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev in Beer Sheva, Israel. He is the author of Jewish Philosophical Polemics Against Christianity in the Middle Ages.

Edition details

• Publisher: State University of New York Press
• Publication date: 1992
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 079140966X
• ISBN 13: 9780791409664
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 168