Abraham Miguel Cardozo : selected writings

by Abraham Miguel Cardozo

Other authorsDavid J. Halperin (Translator)
Paperback, 2001

Publication

Imprint: New York : Paulist Press, c2001. Series: Classics of Western Spirituality Series. Responsibility: Text by Abraham Miguel Cardozo 1627-1706, introduction and translation by David J Halperin, preface by Elliot R. Wolfson. OCLC Number: 248673098. Physical: xxxi, 411 pages : map, illustrations ; 24 cm. Features: Includes bibliographic references and index.

Call number

GT-J-K / Cardo

Barcode

BK-07396

ISBN

0809140233 / 9780809140237

CSS Library Notes

Named Person: Sabbatai Zevi : Shabbethai Tzevi, 1626-1676 .

Contents:
pt. 1. The man and his universe. Cardozo the Marrano --
Cardozo the Kabbalist --
Cardozo the Messiah-bearer --
Cardozo the theologian --
Cardozo the Magnus --
Cardozo the wanderer --
Who was this man? --
pt. 2. Cardozo speaks. Scenes from the youth of a maverick theologian --
Defending the fallen Messiah --
In quest of the hidden God --
Mending a disfigured deity --
Reminiscences of the Shechinah's knight --
Epitaph.

FY2017 /

Physical description

xxxi, 411 p.; 23 cm

Description

Cardozo was a 17th-century (1627-1706) Jew, raised as a Catholic, who combined his rabbinic learning, his Catholic training and a budding awareness of Eastern religions into a remarkable theory of comparative religion.

Language

Original language

Hebrew

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