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Before Maimonides
A New Philosophical Dialogue in Hebrew
Series: - Ãtudes sur le judaïsme médiéval, Volume: 96
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All can agree that the achievement of Moses Maimonides (d. 1204) set the standard for subsequent works of âJewish philosophyâ. But just what were the contours of philosophical-scientific inquiry that Maimonides replaced? A fairly large array of diverse texts have been studied, but no comprehensive picture has yet emerged. The newly discovered Hebrew dialogue published here has points of contact of various depth with most of the major works of pre-Maimonidean thought. It shares as well influences from without, especially from the Islamic kalam. The dialogue thus presents, in an engaging literary form, a clear and detailed snapshot of pre-Maimonidean philosophy and science.
Y. Tzvi Langermann, Ph.D. (1979), Harvard, History of Science, is Professor Emeritus of Arabic at Bar Ilan University, He has published extensively on medieval science and philosophy, especially basing his research on unpublished manuscript materials. His most recent book is In and Around Maimonides (Gorgias, 2021).
Acknowledgements
1 Introduction: Situating Pre-Maimonidean Jewish Philosophy
â1âThe Manuscript
â2âThe Dialogue between Intellect and Soul
2 Conspectus
3 The Historical-Philosophical Context: Pre-Maimonidean Jewish Thought in the Iberian Peninsula
â1âContemporaneous Jewish Sources
â2âPairs of Opposites as a Fundamental Feature of the Created Universe
â3âThe Mystical Death Wish
â4âGreek Sources
â5âIslamic Sources: The Kalam
â6âPolemical Targets
â7âConclusions
4 Transcription, Translation, Innovation
â1âTranscriptions
â2âNew Translations Announced by the Dialogue
â3âDin and ḥoq
â4âInnovative or Unusual Usages of Hebrew Word Forms
â5âyesh: Issues of Syntax and Meaning
Text and Translation
Bibliography
Indices
1 Introduction: Situating Pre-Maimonidean Jewish Philosophy
â1âThe Manuscript
â2âThe Dialogue between Intellect and Soul
2 Conspectus
3 The Historical-Philosophical Context: Pre-Maimonidean Jewish Thought in the Iberian Peninsula
â1âContemporaneous Jewish Sources
â2âPairs of Opposites as a Fundamental Feature of the Created Universe
â3âThe Mystical Death Wish
â4âGreek Sources
â5âIslamic Sources: The Kalam
â6âPolemical Targets
â7âConclusions
4 Transcription, Translation, Innovation
â1âTranscriptions
â2âNew Translations Announced by the Dialogue
â3âDin and ḥoq
â4âInnovative or Unusual Usages of Hebrew Word Forms
â5âyesh: Issues of Syntax and Meaning
Text and Translation
Bibliography
Indices
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