Philosophy and the Jewish Tradition

Lectures and Essays by Aryeh Leo Motzkin
Erscheinungsjahr 2011
ISBN: 978-90-04-21770-6
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 34, 164 Seiten, Format (B × H): 165 mm x 244 mm, Gewicht: 454 g

Reihe: Studies in Jewish History and Culture

Aryeh Motzkin was an extraordinary thinker and writer. Much of his work appeared in small academic journals despite the fact that it is often quite accessible, even to non-experts. This volume assembles his most important published papers along with several unpublished papers. They all have a single theme: the encounter between the Jewish tradition and philosophy as discovered by Plato and Aristotle. The book’s first group of essays deal with the way medieval Jewish thinkers understood the philosophies of Plato and Aristotle. The second group deals with how these same medieval thinkers were themselves interpreted by modern thinkers, beginning with Spinoza. A recurring issue in all the essays is the difficulty inherent in any encounter between philosophia perennis and the changing history of Judaism.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Halper, Yehuda

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Kultur- und Ideengeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Geschichte der Westlichen Philosophie Westliche Philosophie: Neuzeit
• Geisteswissenschaften Jüdische Studien Geschichte des Judentums Geschichte des Judentums: Mittelalter
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Geschichte der Westlichen Philosophie Mittelalterliche & Scholastische Philosophie
• Geisteswissenschaften Jüdische Studien Jüdische Studien Jüdische Studien: Philosophie, Aufklärung, Wissenschaften
• Geisteswissenschaften Jüdische Studien Geschichte des Judentums Geschichte des Judentums: Moderne & Gegenwart

Über Autor(innen)

Halper, Yehuda
Yehuda Halper, Ph.D. (2010) in Philosophy, Bar Ilan University, was Professor Motzkin’s last student. He is currently an Andrew W. Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow in the Liberal Arts at Tulane University in New Orleans.