Judah Halevi’s Fideistic Scepticism in the Kuzari / Ehud Krinis.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Krinis, Ehud, Author.

Contributor:

Zev Harvey, Warren, Contributor.

Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, Funder.

Series:

Studies and Texts in Scepticism

Studies and Texts in Scepticism ; 11

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Judeo-Arabic. .

Scepticism, Fideism, Arabic.

Local Subjects:

Judeo-Arabic. .

Scepticism, Fideism, Arabic.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (VII, 117 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter, [2020]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

As scepticism has rarely been studied in the context of the Arabic culture and its Judeo-Arabic sub-culture, it is small wonder that sceptical motifs of Judah Halevi’s classic theological The Kuzari (written ca. 1140) received very little scholarly attention so far. Thus, the present study seeks to shed light on Halevi’s wrestling with the dogmatic-rationalistic trends of his period from an angle of this much less studied perspective. As a by-product, this study is a contribution to the mainly uncultivated field of traces of scepticism in the Arabic culture.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Table of contents

Acknowledgements

Foreword

Chapter 1 Classical Hellenistic Scepticism as a Background to the Appearance of Scepticism in Arabic Culture and The Kuzari

Chapter 2 Fideism and Scepticism in The Kuzari

Chapter 3 Sceptical Motifs in The Kuzari

Chapter 4 Judah Halevi’s Fideistic Scepticism against the Backdrop of Developments in the Arabic Culture of His Time

Epilogue

Bibliography

Transliteration Charts

Index of Names and Schools

Index of Technical Terms

Notes:

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ISBN:

9783110664744

3110664747

OCLC:

1178769683