Philosophy and rabbinic culture : Jewish interpretation and controversy in medieval Languedoc / Gregg Stern.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Stern, Gregg.

Series:

Routledge Jewish studies series

Routledge Jewish studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jewish philosophy--France--Languedoc--History--To 1500.

Jewish philosophy.

Philosophy, Medieval.

Judaism--France--History--To 1500.

Judaism.

Jewish learning and scholarship--France--Languedoc--History--To 1500.

Jewish learning and scholarship.

Judaism--Relations--Christianity.

Relations.

Christianity.

Christianity and other religions--Judaism.

Christianity and other religions.

History.

France--Languedoc.

France.

Physical Description:

xii, 273 pages : map ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2009.

Contents:

Jewish learning and thought in Languedoc

Implications of original philosophic work and the diffusion of philosophic learning in Languedoc, 1250-1300

Jewish contacts with Christian intellectuals and Jewish thought regarding Christianity, 1250-1300

Meiri's transformation of Talmud study: philosophic spirituality in a halakhic key

On the eve of the controversy, 1300

Knowledge and authority in dispute, 1303-1304

The controversy peaks, 1305-1306

Effects of the expulsion: Jewish philosophic culture in Roussillon and Provence.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [235]-267) and index.

ISBN:

9780415774420

041577442X

9780203884195

0203884191

OCLC:

233635090