Exame Das Tradições PhariseasDa Costa's long-lost book rejects the divine origin of the rabbinic tradition. His insight was that what he calls Pharisaism is irreconcilable with the religion of the Pentateuch and therefore cannot derive from the same source. He claims, for example, that the Law of Moses does not allow for a belief in an afterlife for individual human beings. Concomitantly he denied the Mosaic origin of the notion of eternal punishment. The rabbinic reading of the Mosaic Law appeared to him almost as great a falsification as the Christian one. Yet there could be no reversion to Christianity and despite his deep rift with the synagogue he still believed in ultimate redemption for the Jewish people. As he so dramatically declares in his closing sonnet, Israel's rehabilitation depends on its shedding man-made doctrines, and holding fast to the Law in its purity. |
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
EXAME DAS TRADIÇÕES | 51 |
EXAMINATION OF PHA | 267 |
Chapter 2 | 277 |
Chapter 4 | 283 |
Chapter 7 | 288 |
Chapter 8 | 290 |
Chapter 9 | 293 |
Chapter 1 | 433 |
Chapter 2 | 434 |
Chapter 3 | 436 |
Chapter 4 | 437 |
Chapter 5 | 441 |
Chapter 6 | 443 |
Chapter 7 | 444 |
Chapter 8 | 447 |
Chapter 10 | 294 |
Chapter 11 | 297 |
Chapter 12 | 298 |
Chapter 13 | 300 |
Chapter 14 | 302 |
Preface | 307 |
Chapter 1 | 311 |
Chapter 2 | 319 |
Chapter 3 | 340 |
Chapter 4 | 344 |
Chapter 5 | 345 |
Chapter 6 | 348 |
Chapter 7 | 352 |
Chapter 8 | 354 |
Chapter 9 | 361 |
Chapter 10 | 367 |
Chapter 11 | 374 |
Chapter 12 | 377 |
Chapter 13 | 381 |
Chapter 14 | 385 |
Chapter 15 | 391 |
Chapter 16 | 397 |
Chapter 17 | 401 |
Chapter 18 | 406 |
Chapter 19 | 412 |
Chapter 20 | 415 |
Question | 420 |
TREATISE ON THE IMMOR TALITY OF THE SOUL | 427 |
To the Gentle Reader | 429 |
Chapter 9 | 451 |
Chapter 10 | 454 |
Chapter 11 | 456 |
Chapter 12 | 459 |
Chapter 13 | 462 |
Chapter 14 | 465 |
Chapter 15 | 470 |
Chapter 16 | 476 |
Chapter 17 | 479 |
Chapter 18 | 485 |
Chapter 19 | 488 |
Chapter 20 | 495 |
Chapter 21 | 501 |
Chapter 22 | 505 |
Chapter 23 | 513 |
Chapter 24 | 520 |
Chapter 25 | 523 |
Chapter 26 | 527 |
Chapter 27 | 529 |
Chapter 28 | 530 |
Chapter 29 | 534 |
Chapter 30 | 538 |
Last Chapter | 546 |
Document transcribed by Uriel da Costa 1601 | 555 |
Confirmation of Uriels Excommunication 1623 | 556 |
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Examination of Pharisaic Traditions: Exame das tradições phariseas ... Uriel Da Costa Limited preview - 1993 |
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