Messianism in Medieval Jewish Thought

Dov Schwartz (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

288 Seiten

2017
Academic Studies Press (Verlag)
9781618115690 (ISBN)

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How did medieval Jewish scholars, from Saadia Gaon to Rabbi Isaac Abarbanel, imagine a world that has experienced salvation? Is the Messianic reality identical to our current world, or is it a new world entirely? This work explores how a rationalist can remain calm in light of the seductive promises of the various apocalyptic teachings of Antiquity regarding the Messianic world. This book deals with the encounter between thinking based on pure reason, on the one hand, and the imagination seeking a vision of the future, on the other. The tension between a naturalistic approach and an apocalyptic approach to the history of the messianic idea--which is fundamental to this history of Jewish philosophy in the Middle Age--is surveyed here expansively, relying on dozens of print sources as well as manuscripts

Dov Schwartz, a former Dean of Humanities at Bar Ilan University and head of the departments of Philosophy and of Music, currently heads its interdisciplinary unit, and holds the Natalie and Isidore Friedman Chair for Teaching Rav Joseph B. Soloveitchik's Thought.

Preface
Chapter One: Methodological Introduction
Chapter Two: Apocalyptic Messianism in a Rationalist Garb
Chapter Three: Individual Redemption and Naturalism
Chapter Four: The Resurgence of Apocalyptic Messianism
Chapter Five: The Decline of Collective Naturalism
Chapter Six: Between Naturalism and Apocalyptic Messianism
Chapter Seven: Clarifying Positions: The Last Stage
Chapter Eight: Conclusions: Redemption, Models, and Decisions
Appendix: History, Ideas, and the History of Ideas
Bibliography
Index

Erscheinungsdatum	01.03.2017
Reihe/Serie	Emunot: Jewish Philosophy and Kabbalah
Zusatzinfo	Illustrations
Verlagsort	Brighton
Sprache	englisch
Maße	155 x 234 mm
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie ► Judentum
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Spezielle Soziologien
ISBN-13	9781618115690 / 9781618115690
Zustand	Neuware