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

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Hughes, Aaron W., editor.

Robinson, James T., editor.

Series:

New Jewish philosophy and thought.

New Jewish philosophy and thought

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Philosophy, Medieval.

Jewish philosophy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (363 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Indiana University Press : Bloomington, Indiana, [2019]

Summary:

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. They explore 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.

Contents:

Intro

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 Philosophy

11. 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 index.

Description based on: online resource; title from PDF information screen (JSTOR, viewed October 3, 2022).

ISBN:

9780253042552

9780253042545

0253042542