Bar-Ilan University Press

Sefer Bittul Iqqarei Ha-Nozrim

by R. Hasdai Crescas

Daniel Lasker

A critical edition of this anti-Christian philo-sophical polemic written by R. Hasdai Crescas, author of Sefer Or Ha-Shem, which throws light both on his thought and on the medieval Jewish-Christian debate. Translated into Hebrew by R. Joseph Ben Shem-Tov. Co-published with Ben-Gurion University of the Negev.

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Danacode: 110-10261 ISBN: 965-226-111-4 Language: Hebrew Pages: 112 Weight: 175 gr Dimensions: 15X22 cm Publication Date: 01/1990 Publisher: Bar-Ilan University Press

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