Jewish Encounters 3-Copy Boxed Set: Betraying Spinoza, Maimonides, and The Life of David

Sherwin B. Nuland; Robert Pinsky; Rebecca Goldstein

ISBN 10: 0805242562 / ISBN 13: 9780805242560

Published by Schocken, 2007

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Brand New 3 Volume Book Set in Slipcase.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Jewish Encounters 3-Copy Boxed Set: Betraying Spinoza, Maimonides, and The Life of David
• Publisher: Schocken
• Publication Date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0805242562
• ISBN 13: 9780805242560
• Binding: hardcover
• Condition: New
• Weight: 42 ounces

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Synopsis

A DIFFERENT WAY OF LOOKING AT HERITAGE: For the first time in a boxed set, a perfect addition to your family’s library, are 3 of the remarkable titles in the Jewish Encounters series: Betraying Spinoza, Maimonides, and The Life of David. Discover 3,000 years of Jewish life, history and culture with the series that The Washington Post calls “lively and distinguished”.

The critically acclaimed Jewish Encounters series brings together writers of the first rank with people, ideas and events from the Jewish past.

About the Author

REBECCA NEWBERGER GOLDSTEIN is the author of Incompleteness: The Proof and Paradox of Kurt Gödel and of six works of fi ction. A fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, she has received many awards for her fiction and scholarship, including a John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Fellowship. She lives in Massachusetts.
SHERWIN B. NULAND, PH.D., is the author of ten previous books, including How We Die: Reflections on Life’s Final Chapter which won the National Book Award. He is a clinical professor of surgery at Yale University, where he also teaches bioethics and medical history. He lives with his family in Connecticut.
ROBERT PINSKY is the author of many books of poetry, including Gulf Music and The Figured Wheel, and of the award-winning translation The Inferno of Dante. His prose works include The Situation of Poetry and The Sounds of Poetry. He teaches at Boston University and lives in Massachusetts.