Medieval Jewish philosophy and its literary forms / edited by Aaron W. Hughes and James T. Robinson.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Hughes, Aaron W., 1968- editor.

Robinson, James T., 1965- editor.

JSTOR (Online Service)

Anne and Joseph Trachtman Memorial Book Fund.

Series:

New Jewish philosophy and thought

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jewish philosophy--History.

Jewish philosophy.

History.

Philosophy, Medieval.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (viii, 363 pages).

Place of Publication:

Bloomington, Indiana : Indiana University Press, [2019]

System Details:

text file

Summary:

"This well-written, accessible [essay] collection demonstrates a maturation in Jewish studies and medieval philosophy" ( Choice ). Too often the study of philosophical texts is carried out in ways that do not pay significant attention to how the ideas contained within them are presented, articulated, and developed. This was not always the case. The contributors to this collected work consider Jewish philosophy in the medieval period, when new genres and forms of written expression were flourishing in the wake of renewed interest in ancient philosophy. Many medieval Jewish philosophers were highly accomplished poets, for example, and made conscious efforts to write in a poetic style. This volume turns attention to the connections that medieval Jewish thinkers made between the literary, the exegetical, the philosophical, and the mystical to shed light on the creativity and diversity of medieval thought. As they broaden the scope of what counts as medieval Jewish philosophy, the essays collected here consider questions about how an argument is formed, how text is put into the service of philosophy, and the social and intellectual environment in which philosophical texts were produced.

Contents:

Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Introduction; 1. Animal Fables and Medieval Jewish Philosophy; 2. Biblical Commentaries as a Genre of Jewish Philosophical Writing; 3. Commentaries on The Guide of the Perplexed: A Brief Literary History; 4. Philosophical Commentary and Supercommentary: The Hebrew Aristotelian Commentaries of the Fourteenth through Sixteenth Centuries; 5. The Author's Haqdamah as a Literary Form in Jewish Thought; 6. Does Judaism Make Sense? Early Medieval Kalam as Literature; 7. Dialogues; 8. Poetry; 9. Poetic Summaries of Scientific and Philosophical Works

10. The Philosophical Epistle as a Genre of Medieval Jewish Philosophy11. The Sermon in Late Medieval Jewish Thought as Method for Popularizing Philosophy; 12. Lexicons and Lexicography in Medieval Jewish Philosophy; 13. Theological Summas in Late Medieval Jewish Philosophy; Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Electronic reproduction. New York Available via World Wide Web.

Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on June 28, 2019).

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Anne and Joseph Trachtman Memorial Book Fund.

Other Format:

Print version: Medieval Jewish philosophy and its literary forms

ISBN:

9780253042545

0253042542

9780253042552

0253042550

Publisher Number:

40029212228

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.