The Cambridge History of Jewish Philosophy: From Antiquity through the Seventeenth Century (Volume 1) PDF
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the cambridge history of jewish philosophy The first volume in this comprehensive work is an exploration of the history of Jewish philosophy from its beginnings in antiquity to the early-modern period, with a particular emphasis on medieval Jewish thought. Unlike most histories, encyclopedias, guides, or companions of Jewish philosophy, this volume is orga- nizedbyphilosophicaltopicratherthanbychronologyorindividualfigures.There are sections on logic and language; natural philosophy; epistemology, philosophy of mind and psychology; metaphysics and philosophical theology; and practical philosophy. There are also chapters on the intellectual background of Jewish phi- losophy,includingIslamicandGreekthoughtandtheJewishphilosophicaltextual traditions. With essays by leading scholars in the field, this volume provides the reader with a wonderful overview of the richness and sophistication of Jewish philosophyinitsgoldenage. Steven Nadler is William H. Hay II Professor of Philosophy and Max and Frieda Weinstein/Bascom Professor of Jewish Studies at the University of Wisconsin– Madison. He is author of Spinoza’s Ethics: An Introduction (Cambridge Univer- sity Press, 2006); Rembrandt’s Jews (2003), which was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize;Spinoza’sHeresy:ImmortalityandtheJewishMind(2002);andSpinoza:ALife (CambridgeUniversityPress,1999),whichwontheKoretJewishBookAward. T. M. Rudavsky is Professor of Philosophy at The Ohio State University. She is authorofTimeMatters:Time,Creation,andCosmologyinMedievalJewishPhilosophy (2000). She is editor of Divine Omniscience and Omnipotence in Medieval Philosophy: Islamic, Jewish, and Christian Perspectives (1984) and Gender and Judaism: Tradition and Transformation (1995). Until June 2006, she was Director of The Ohio State UniversityMeltonCenterforJewishStudies. The Cambridge History of Jewish Philosophy From Antiquity through the Seventeenth Century STEVEN NADLER T. M. RUDAVSKY UniversityofWisconsin–Madison TheOhioStateUniversity cambridgeuniversitypress Cambridge,NewYork,Melbourne,Madrid,CapeTown,Singapore,Sa˜oPaulo,Delhi CambridgeUniversityPress 32AvenueoftheAmericas,NewYork,ny10013-2473,usa www.cambridge.org Informationonthistitle:www.cambridge.org/9780521843232 (cid:2)c CambridgeUniversityPress2009 Thispublicationisincopyright.Subjecttostatutoryexception andtotheprovisionsofrelevantcollectivelicensingagreements, noreproductionofanypartmaytakeplacewithoutthewritten permissionofCambridgeUniversityPress. Firstpublished2009 PrintedintheUnitedStatesofAmerica AcatalogrecordforthispublicationisavailablefromtheBritishLibrary. LibraryofCongressCataloginginPublicationData TheCambridgehistoryofJewishphilosophy/editedbyStevenNadler[and]T.M.Rudavsky. p. cm. Includesbibliographicalreferencesandindex. Contents:[1]Fromantiquitythroughtheseventeenthcentury isbn978-0-521-84323-2(hardback) 1.Philosophy,Jewish–History. 2.Judaismandphilosophy. I.Nadler,StevenM.,1958– II.Rudavsky,Tamar,1951– III.Title. b154.c36 2009 181(cid:3).06–dc22 2008017808 isbn 978-0-521-84323-2hardback CambridgeUniversityPresshasnoresponsibilityforthepersistenceor accuracyofURLsforexternalorthird-partyInternetWebsitesreferredto inthispublicationanddoesnotguaranteethatanycontentonsuchWeb sitesis,orwillremain,accurateorappropriate.Informationregarding prices,traveltimetables,andotherfactualinformationgiveninthiswork arecorrectatthetimeoffirstprinting,butCambridgeUniversityPress doesnotguaranteetheaccuracyofsuchinformationthereafter. CONTENTS Contributors pageix Acknowledgments xi Introduction 1 steven nadler and t. m. rudavsky I Texts and Contexts 1 TheGreekBackground 19 kenneth seeskin 2 TheMuslimContext 39 sarah stroumsa 3 TextualTraditions 60 mauro zonta 4 PhilosophicalInterpretationsoftheBible 88 howard kreisel 5 MysticismandPhilosophy 121 michah gottlieb II Logic and Language 6 PropositionsandPropositionalInference 167 charles h. manekin 7 ReasoningandDemonstration 188 norbert m. samuelson v vi Contents 8 MeaningandLanguage 230 josef stern III Natural Philosophy 9 Matter,Form,andtheCorporealWorld 269 sarah pessin 10 Cosmology:TheHeavenlyBodies 302 gad freudenthal 11 Miracles 362 ari ackerman 12 Time,Space,andInfinity 388 t. m. rudavsky 13 ExhalationsandOtherMeteorologicalThemes 434 resianne fontaine IV Epistemology and Psychology 14 Belief,Knowledge,andCertainty 453 idit dobbs-weinstein 15 UnderstandingProphecy:FourTraditions 481 barry s. kogan 16 SoulandIntellect 524 james t. robinson V Metaphysics and Philosophical Theology 17 God’sExistenceandAttributes 561 carlos fraenkel 18 CreationandEmanation 599 lenn e. goodman Contents vii 19 TheodicyandProvidence 619 steven nadler 20 DivineOmnipotence,Omniscience,andHumanFreedom 659 seymour feldman VI Practical Philosophy 21 VirtueandHappiness 707 hava tirosh-samuelson 22 PoliticsandtheState 768 abraham melamed 23 DivineLawandHumanPractices 790 daniel h. frank BiobibliographicalAppendix 809 Bibliography 833 Index 887 CONTRIBUTORS Ari Ackerman Barry S. Kogan TheSchechterInstitute,Jerusalem DepartmentofPhilosophy,Hebrew UnionCollege-JewishInstituteof Idit Dobbs-Weinstein Religion,Cincinnati DepartmentofPhilosophy,Vanderbilt University Howard Kreisel DepartmentofJewishThought, Seymour Feldman Ben-GurionUniversityofthe RutgersUniversity,NewBrunswick Negev Resianne Fontaine Charles H. Manekin DepartmentofHebrewandJewish DepartmentofPhilosophy,University Studies,UniversiteitvanAmsterdam ofMaryland–CollegePark Carlos Fraenkel Abraham Melamed DepartmentofPhilosophyand DepartmentofJewishThought, DepartmentofJewishStudies, UniversityofHaifa McGillUniversity Daniel H. Frank Steven Nadler DepartmentofPhilosophy,Purdue DepartmentofPhilosophy,University University ofWisconsin–Madison Gad Freudenthal Sarah Pessin CentreNationaldelaRecherche DepartmentofPhilosophy,University Scientifique,Paris ofDenver Lenn E. Goodman James T. Robinson DepartmentofPhilosophy,Vanderbilt TheDivinitySchool,Universityof University Chicago Michah Gottlieb T. M. Rudavsky DepartmentofHebrewandJudaic DepartmentofPhilosophy,TheOhio Studies,NewYorkUniversity StateUniversity ix x Contributors Norbert M. Samuelson LiteratureandDepartmentof DepartmentofReligiousStudies, JewishThought,TheHebrew ArizonaStateUniversity UniversityofJerusalem Kenneth Seeskin Hava Tirosh-Samuelson DepartmentofPhilosophy, DepartmentofHistory,ArizonaState NorthwesternUniversity University Josef Stern Mauro Zonta DepartmentofPhilosophy,University DepartmentofPhilosophical ofChicago andEpistemologicalStudies, Sarah Stroumsa UniversityofRome DepartmentofArabicLanguageand “LaSapienza”
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