Alfred L. Ivry, Elliot R. Wolfson, Allan Arkush

Perspectives on Jewish Thought and Mysticism (eBook, ePUB)

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Produktbeschreibung

First Published in 1998. This is the proceedings of the International Conference held by The Institute of Jewish Studies, University College London, 1994, in Celebration of its Fortieth Anniversary. Dedicated to the memory and academic legacy of its Founder Alexander Altmann.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 536
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. Oktober 2013
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781136650123
• Artikelnr.: 49984569

Autorenporträt

ALFRED L. IVRY, ELLIOT R. WOLFSON, ALLAN, ARKUSH

Inhaltsangabe

Preface, Alfred L. Ivry
List of Contributors
Part 01 I: Introductory Essays
Section 01 Chapter 1 Bibliography of the Published Writings of Alexander Altmann
Section 01 ManfredAltman
Section 02 Chapter 2 History of the Institute of Jewish Studies During its First 40 Years 1954-1994
Section 02 The Editors
Section 03 Chapter 3 Jewish Scholarship as a Vocation
Section 03 Paul Mendes-Flohr
Part 02 II: Medieval Jewish Philosophy
Section 04 Chapter 4 Rabbi Simlai's Saying and Beliefs Concerning God
Section 04 Arthur Hyman
Section 05 Chapter 5 The Logical and Scientific Premises of Maimonides' Thought
Section 05 Alfred L. Ivry
Section 06 Chapter 6 Maimonides on Women: Formless Matter or Potential Prophet?
Section 06 Abraham Melamed
Section 07 Chapter 7 On the Limited-Omniscience Interpretation of Gersonides' Theory of Divine Knowledge
Section 07 Charles H. Manekin
Section 08 Chapter 8 Gersonides on the Mode of Communicating Knowledge of the Future to the Dreamer and Clairvoyant
Section 08 Sara Klein-Braslavy
Section 09 Chapter 9 Some Observations on Ma 'aseh Nissim by R. Nissim of Marseilles
Section 09 Howard Kreisel
Section 10 Chapter 10 Prophecy and Perception in Isaac Abravanel
Section 10 Seymour Feldman
Section 11 Chapter 11 Les lettres hébraïques, leur existence idéale et matérielle
Section 11 Colette Sirat
Part 03 III: Medieval Jewish Mysticism
Section 12 Chapter 12 Samael and the Problem of Jewish Gnosticism
Section 12 Joseph Dan
Section 13 Chapter 13 Some Remarks on Rabbi Moses Cordovero's Shemu 'ah be-'Inyan ha-Gilgul
Section 13 Bracha Sack
Section 14 Chapter 14 Abulafia's Secrets of the Guide: A Linguistic Türn
Section 14 Moshe Idel
Section 15 Chapter 15 Mystical Rationalization of the Commandments in the Prophetic Kabbalah of Abraham Abulafia
Section 15 Elliot R.Wolfson
Section 16 Chapter 16 Contemporary Habad and the Paradox of Redemption
Section 16 Naftali Loewenthal
Part 04 IV: Modern Jewish Thought
Section 17 Chapter 17 Mendelssohn's Heavenly Politics
Section 17 Warren Zev Harvey
Section 18 Chapter 18 Kant's View of Mendelssohn
Section 18 Allan Arkush
Section 19 Chapter 19 Maimonides and Mendelssohn on the Origins of Idolatry, the Election of Israel, and the Oral Law
Section 19 Lawrence Kaplan
Section 20 Chapter 20 Ideological Differences Over the Status of the Kehilla: The Jewish Community in the Age of Emancipation
Section 20 Jacob Katz
Section 21 Chapter 21 Moses Mendelssohn and European Enlightenment
Section 21 Eva J. Engel
Section 22 Chapter 22 Alexander Altmann as a Theologian
Section 22 David Novak
Index