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Apr 2013
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HoP 124 - The Chosen Ones - Judaism and ...

PETER ADAMSON
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The roots of Jewish philosophy in the Islamic world, focusing on the Rabbinic background in the Mishnah and Talmud, and the thought of early figures like Isaac Israeli. 
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