Old Worlds, New Mirrors

Old Worlds, New Mirrors
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Publisher : University of Pennsylvania Press
Total Pages : 336
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ISBN-10 : 9780812241303
ISBN-13 : 0812241304
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Book Synopsis Old Worlds, New Mirrors by : Moshe Idel

Download or read book Old Worlds, New Mirrors written by Moshe Idel and published by University of Pennsylvania Press. This book was released on 2010 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Old Worlds, New Mirrors Moshe Idel turns his gaze on figures as diverse as Walter Benjamin and Jacques Derrida, Franz Kafka and Franz Rosenzweig, Arnaldo Momigliano and Paul Celan, Abraham Heschel and George Steiner to reflect on their relationships to Judaism in a cosmopolitan, mostly European, context.


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