Jewish Approaches to Hinduism

This book explores past expressions of the Jewish interest in Hinduism in order to learn what Hinduism has meant to Jews living mainly in the 12th through the 19th centuries.

Autorentext

Richard G. Marks is Professor Emeritus in the Department of Religion at Washington and Lee University, USA.

Inhalt

Introduction PART I: India's idolaters, magicians, scientists, philosophers, and ascetics: 1214th centuries 1. Judah Ha-Levi: Idols, Talismans, and Ruses 2. Abraham Ibn Ezra and the Aristotelian astrologers 3. The kingdoms of South Asia and the hierarchy of religions in Benjamin of Tudela's Book of Travels 4. Translations and transformations: Glorious wisdom: Jacob ben El`azar and India's Panchatantra 5. Translations and transformations: Immanuel Bonfils, the Brahmans, and Alexander the Great PART II: The Indian history of a biblical verse: Partial revelation 17th and 20th centuries 6. Genesis 25:6, Menasseh ben Israel, and the east PART III: New paths to India: 19th century 7. Samson Bloch: Indian philosophy and priestly system 8. David d'Beth Hillel: The hidden meanings of temple Hinduism 9. Jacob Sapir: Temple Hinduism as Torah-study