Displaying 1 of 1 2006 Format: Book Author: Goldstein, Rebecca, 1950- Title: Betraying Spinoza : the renegade Jew who gave us modernity / Rebecca Goldstein. Publisher, Date: New York : Nextbook : Schocken, ©2006. Description: 287 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm. Summary: A portrait of the renegade seventeenth-century Jewish philosopher examines the events of his life, his heretical writings and his excommunication by Amsterdam's Jewish community, and the cultural and religious context and influence of his ideas. Series: Jewish encounters Jewish encounters. Subjects: Spinoza, Benedictus de, 1632-1677. Jewish philosophers -- Netherlands -- Biography. Jewish heretics -- Netherlands -- Biography. Genre: Biographies. Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 273-284). Contents: Prologue: Baruch, Bento, Benedictus -- In search of Baruch -- The project of escape -- Identity crisis -- For the eyes of the mind. Web Site: Sample text Table of contents Contributor biographical information Publisher description Contributor biographical information Publisher description Sample text LCCN: 2005040175 ISBN: 0805242090 9780805242096 0805242090 9780805242096 Other Number: 61859859 System Availability: 1 Current Holds: 0 # Local items: 1 Control Number: 801626 # Local items in: 1 # System items in: 1 Call Number: 199.492 Spinoza Place Hold Add to My List Expand All | Collapse All Availability Map It Suggestions and more Displaying 1 of 1
