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The disputation at Barcelona: Ramban: Nahmanides
English, Hebrew (translation)
42 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1983
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July 12, 2015
Not a large book. I (re)read it in one day. Fascinating and pleasant discussion of the great Rabbi Nachmanides' discussion with the King of Spain and a Jew who apostatized and became a Catholic monk. Nachmanides was forced into a debate with him, and this is Nachmanides' account of the debate. Covers many of the basic refutations of the common and by now well-worn and tiresome so-called "proofs" cited by Christians in hopes of "proving" to Jews the truth of their beliefs.
The content is excellent and fascinating, but the translation is a bit stilted and stiff. still, an excellenrt read if the subject interests you.
The content is excellent and fascinating, but the translation is a bit stilted and stiff. still, an excellenrt read if the subject interests you.
July 21, 2017
This is a book which seems to be a deceptively short read, but only at first glance.
interesting side note historically, this disputation to place at the same time that Rumi was in Konya.
The extensive and wonderful footnotes point to both the wide variety of Hebrew manuscripts for the Ramban's version of events, as well as the short Latin version published by the Church. Even better is the mention of the fact that the disputation was actually conducted mostly in Catalan, with probably sides of Latin included. The rich source material cited by the author gives a great deal of reading to be done before coming back to this book again, preferably to find the most correct Hebrew version of the Ramban's collected writings.
interesting side note historically, this disputation to place at the same time that Rumi was in Konya.
The extensive and wonderful footnotes point to both the wide variety of Hebrew manuscripts for the Ramban's version of events, as well as the short Latin version published by the Church. Even better is the mention of the fact that the disputation was actually conducted mostly in Catalan, with probably sides of Latin included. The rich source material cited by the author gives a great deal of reading to be done before coming back to this book again, preferably to find the most correct Hebrew version of the Ramban's collected writings.
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