Polemical and exegetical polarities in medieval Jewish cultures : studies in honour of Daniel J. Lasker / edited by Ehud Krinis, Nabih Bashir, Sara Offenberg.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Krinis, Ehud, editor.

Bashīr, Nabīh, editor.

Offenberg, Sara, editor.

Series:

Studia Judaica (Walter de Gruyter & Co.) ; Volume 113.

Studia judaica ; Volume 113

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Christianity.

Christianity--Controversial literature.

Christianity--Controversial literature--History and criticism.

Lasker, Daniel J.

Genre:

Festschriften.

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (XII, 513 p.)

Place of Publication:

Berlin : De Gruyter, [2021]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

In his academic career, that by now spans six decades, Daniel J. Lasker distinguished himself by the wide range of his scholarly interests. In the field of Jewish theology and philosophy he contributed significantly to the study of Rabbinic as well as Karaite authors. In the field of Jewish polemics his studies explore Judeo-Arabic and Hebrew texts, analyzing them in the context of their Christian and Muslim backgrounds. His contributions refer to a wide variety of authors who lived from the 9th century to the 18th century and beyond, in the Muslim East, in Muslin and Christian parts of the Mediterranean Sea, and in west and east Europe.This Festschrift for Daniel J. Lasker consists of four parts. The first highlights his academic career and scholarly achievements. In the three other parts, colleagues and students of Daniel J. Lasker offer their own findings and insights in topics strongly connected to his studies, namely, intersections of Jewish theology and Biblical exegesis with the Islamic and Christian cultures, as well as Jewish-Muslim and Jewish-Christian relations. Thus, this wide-scoped and rich volume offers significant contributions to a variety of topics in Jewish Studies.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Acknowledgement

Contents

I On Daniel J. Lasker and his Scholarship

Prof. Daniel J. Lasker – Scholar, Teacher, and Friend

Daniel J. Lasker and His Treatment of Jewish Polemics

List of Publications

II Jewish Polemics and Exegesis in the Islamicate World

Polemical Logic: Al-Muqammaṣ’s Refutation of Christianity

The Role of Gog in Daniel al-Qūmisī’s Eschatology

Theological Consideration of the Gift of the Land and the Radical Treatment of the “Seven Nations” in Medieval Judeo-Arabic Exegesis

Epistemology in the Service of Polemic: Yūsuf al-Baṣīr’s Kitāb al-Istiʿānah: Text and Translation

Maimonides on the Status of Judaism

Abraham Maimonides on Reclaiming Judaism’s Lost “Perfection” from the “Imperfection” of Islam

III Jewish and Anti-Jewish Polemic and Exegesis in the Christian World

Abraham bar Ḥiyya (d. ca. 1136) on “The Pure Soul”

Asmakhtaʾ and Abraham ibn Ezra’s Exegesis

The Finding of the “True Cross” in Judah Hadassi’s Eškol ha-Kofer and the Polemical Parody Toledot Yešu

The Book of Nestor the Priest and the Toledot Yešu in the Polemics of Abner of Burgos/Alfonso of Valladolid

Rashi on Isaiah 53: Exegetical Judgment or Response to the Crusade?

“The Best of Snakes. . .”: A Polemical Midrash in the Rashi Supercommentary Tradition

The Discussion of the Messiah in Crescas’s Refutation

Joshua Ha-Lorki on the Meaning of Emunah: Between Religion and Faith

Jewish Anti-Semites: The Case of Medieval Apostates

Daniel in the Lions’ Den: Jewish-Christian Polemics in Medieval Text and Image

IV Jewish-Jewish and Jewish-Christian Relations

Understanding the Uneven Reception of Rabbenu Tam’s Taqqanot

Ritual Imagery Gone Wrong: A Fifteenth-Century Siddur in a Christian Workshop

Transliteration Charts

Index of Names

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

3-11-070226-6