Medieval Jewish Philosophy and Its Literary Forms
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...
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| Type de support: | Électronique Livre |
| Langue: | Anglais |
| Service de livraison Subito: | Commander maintenant. |
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Bloomington
Indiana University Press
2019
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| Dans: | Année: 2019 |
| Collection/Revue: | New Jewish Philosophy and Thought Ser.
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| Sujets non-standardisés: | B
Philosophy, Medieval
B Electronic books B Jewish philosophy-History |
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Volltext (lizenzpflichtig) |
| Édition parallèle: | Erscheint auch als: 9780253042514 |
| Résumé: | 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. 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 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. |
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| ISBN: | 0253042550 |