Description
This Handbook provides an examined and nuanced overview of the history and devlopment of Jewish philosophy, from antiquity up to current trends in the field. Editors Paul W. Franks and Yitzhak Y. Melamed have brought together an international team of philosophers and scholars to tackle a complex and multi-layered literary corpus that stretches over two millennia. This volume is comprised of six divisions, each telling the story of Jewish philosophy from a distinctive vantage point: an introductory section addressing the place and historiography of Jewish philosophy within broader academia; the history of Jewish philosophy with an eye towards major schools and periods; interactions between Jewish philosophy and other branches of the Jewish literarary tradition; interactions with non-Jewish philosophy; key topics in Jewish philosophy; and new directions in the field. The result is a uniquely comprehensive and multi-layered survey of this incredibly important intellectual tradition. Drawing from thinkers at the top of their field and edited by two of the most important philosophers working today, this Handbook is the authoritative guide to the history, development, and trajectory of Jewish philosophy.
Table of Contents
List of ContributorsEditors IntroductionPART I: Introductory Chapters1. Jewish Philosophy as Minority PhilosophyYitzhak Y. Melamed2. Jewish Philosophy within Jewish StudiesPaul W. Franks3. The Historiography of Jewish PhilosophyWarren Zev Harvey4. Linguistic Aspects of Philosophical Writing in HebrewReimund LeichtPART II: Major Schools and Periods5. Hellenistic Jewish PhilosophyCarlos Lévy6. Kalám and Jewish PhilosophyGyongyi Hegedus7. Jewish Medieval EmanationismsSarah Pessin8. Aristotelian Philosophical Programs in the Middle AgesYehuda Halper9. Maimonides and the Maimonidean ControversiesGregg Stern10. Post-Maimonidean Jewish Philosophy in the WestShalom Sadik11. Ashkenazic Jews and Medieval Jewish PhilosophyJoseph M. Davis12. Spinoza and Jewish PhilosophyJason Maurice Yonover13. The Berlin Haskalah and PhilosophyPaul W. Franks14. Jewish Kantianism and IdealismMyriam Bienenstock15. Jewish IdealismMichael L. Morgan16. Twentieth-Century French Jewish ThoughtAnnabel Herzog17. Mizrahi Jewish ThoughtZvi Ben-Dor Benite18. Jewish Philosophy in the State of IsraelNoam OrenPART III: Interaction with Other Jewish Literary Corpora19. Early Rabbinic Engagements with Greco-Roman PhilosophyMaren R. Niehoff20. Karaite PhilosophyDaniel J. Lasker21. Interactions between Jewish philosophy and Hebrew literature during the Middle AgesJames Theodore Robinson22. Kabbalah, Philosophy and Pan(en)theismCristina Ciucu23. East-European Hasidism and PhilosophyGadi Sagiv24. The attitude of Ashkenazi Rabbinic culture to philosophy during the past two centuriesBenjamin BrownPART IV: Interaction with Non-Jewish philosophy25. Impact of Islam on Medieval Jewish Philosophical TheologyY. Tzvi Langermann26. Interaction Between Jewish and Christian PhilosophersMercedes Rubio PART V: Key Topics27. Free WillCharles Manekin28. Jewish Philosophy and LawYonatan Y. Brafman 29. Jewish Philosophical Conceptions of GodGabriel citron30. Religious ResponsivenessHoward Wettstein31. Ideal Society and StateLeora Batnitzky32. The OtherMenachem Kellner33. GenderSarah ZagerPART VI: New Directions34. Philosophia RabbinicaEli Hirsch
