Philosophy and Rabbinic Culture - Jewish Interpretation and Controversy in Medieval Languedoc

Informationen zum Autor Gregg Stern holds a PhD in medieval Jewish studies from Harvard University. He has received numerous academic grants, awards and fellowships, and has conducted research and taught at colleges and universities in Israel, Canada, the United States and the United Kingdom. Klappentext This is a study of the great, and curiously underappreciated, engagement of a medieval European Jewish community with the philosophic tradition. The lucid description of southern French Jewry's multigenerational cultivation of - and acculturation to - scientific and philosophic teachings fulfills a major desideratum in Jewish cultural history. Zusammenfassung This is a study of the great, and curiously underappreciated, engagement of a medieval European Jewish community with the philosophic tradition. The lucid description of southern French Jewry's multigenerational cultivation of - and acculturation to - scientific and philosophic teachings fulfills a major desideratum in Jewish cultural history. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Jewish Learning and Thought in Languedoc 2. 1250-1300: Implications of Original Philosophic Work and the Diffusion of Philosophic Learning in Languedoc 3. 1250-1300: Jewish Contacts with Christian Intellectuals and Jewish Thought Regarding Christianity 4. Meiri's Transformation of Talmud Study: Philosophic Spirituality in a Halakhic Key 5. 1300: On the Eve of the Controversy 6. 1300-1304: Knowledge and Authority in Dispute 7. 1304-1306: The Controversy Peaks 8. The Effects of the Expulsion: Jewish Philosophic Culture in Roussillon and Provence

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• Authors: Gregg Stern, Gregg (University of Massachussets Stern, Stern Gregg
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 23.12.2008
• EAN: 9780415774420
• ISBN: 978-0-415-77442-0
• No. of pages: 288
• Series: Routledge Jewish Studies Series; Routledge Jewish Studies Series
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > Miscellaneous; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works; PHILOSOPHY / General, RELIGION / Judaism / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Regional Studies, Middle East, Religion: general, Jewish Studies, Medieval History, Regional Studies, Regional / International studies, Philosophical traditions and schools of thought, Non-Western philosophy, History and Archaeology, Western philosophy: Medieval & Renaissance, c 500 to c 1600, Social groups: religious groups and communities, Medieval Western philosophy