{"product_id":"collected-essays-haym-soloveitchik-9781802075854","title":"Collected Essays: Volume III","description":"\u003cp\u003eContinuing his contribution to medieval Jewish intellectual history, Haym Soloveitchik focuses here on the radical pietist movement of Ḥasidei Ashkenaz and its main literary work, \u003ci\u003eSefer \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eḤ\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003easidim\u003c\/i\u003e, and on the writings and personality of the Proven軋l commentator Ravad of Posqui鑽es. 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\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 Posqui鑽es, and R. Zerahyah ha-Levi of Lunel, who belonged to the Jewish aristocracy of Languedoc, and considers the implications of that relationship.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Haym Soloveitchik\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1802075852\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781802075854\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Littman Library of Jewish Civilization\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/08\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 470\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.44lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.95d","brand":"Haym Soloveitchik","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44966453215487,"sku":"9781802075854","price":34.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_728fa9c7-79eb-4916-8085-bc619059c3f3.jpg?v=1711159893","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/collected-essays-haym-soloveitchik-9781802075854","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}