Before Maimonides

A New Philosophical Dialogue in Hebrew

AvY. Tzvi Langermann

Inbunden, Engelska, 2023

Del 96 i serien Études sur le judaïsme médiéval

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Beskrivning

All can agree that the achievement of Moses Maimonides (d. 1204) set the standard for subsequent works of “Jewish philosophy”. But just what were the contours of philosophical-scientific inquiry that Maimonides replaced? A fairly large array of diverse texts have been studied, but no comprehensive picture has yet emerged. The newly discovered Hebrew dialogue published here has points of contact of various depth with most of the major works of pre-Maimonidean thought. It shares as well influences from without, especially from the Islamic kalam. The dialogue thus presents, in an engaging literary form, a clear and detailed snapshot of pre-Maimonidean philosophy and science.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2023-10-26
Mått:155 x 235 x 15 mm
Vikt:396 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Études sur le judaïsme médiéval
Antal sidor:151
Förlag:Brill
ISBN:9789004529519

Utforska kategorier

Filosofiska discipliner inom Filosofi och religion
Judendom inom Filosofi och religion

Mer om författaren

Y. Tzvi Langermann, Ph.D. (1979), Harvard, History of Science, is Professor Emeritus of Arabic at Bar Ilan University, He has published extensively on medieval science and philosophy, especially basing his research on unpublished manuscript materials. His most recent book is In and Around Maimonides (Gorgias, 2021).

Innehållsförteckning

Acknowledgements1 Introduction: Situating Pre-Maimonidean Jewish Philosophy1 The Manuscript2 The Dialogue between Intellect and Soul2 Conspectus3 The Historical-Philosophical Context: Pre-Maimonidean Jewish Thought in the Iberian Peninsula1 Contemporaneous Jewish Sources2 Pairs of Opposites as a Fundamental Feature of the Created Universe3 The Mystical Death Wish4 Greek Sources5 Islamic Sources: The Kalam6 Polemical Targets7 Conclusions4 Transcription, Translation, Innovation1 Transcriptions2 New Translations Announced by the Dialogue3 Din and ḥoq4 Innovative or Unusual Usages of Hebrew Word Forms5 yesh: Issues of Syntax and MeaningText and TranslationBibliographyIndices