How did medieval Jewish scholars, from Saadia Gaon to Yitzhak Abravanel, imagine a world that has experienced salvation? What is the nature of reality in the days of the Messiah? This work explores reactions to the seductive promises of apocalyptic teachings, tracing their fluctuations between intellect and imagination. The volume extensively surveys the tension between naturalistic and apocalyptic approaches to the history of the messianic idea so fundamental to the history of Jewish philosophy in the Middle Ages and reveals the scope and challenges of medieval thought.
How did medieval Jewish scholars, from Saadia Gaon to Yitzhak Abravanel, imagine a world that has experienced salvation? What is the nature of reality in the days of the Messiah? This work explores reactions to the seductive promises of apocalyptic teachings, tracing their fluctuations between intellect and imagination. The volume extensively surveys the tension between naturalistic and apocalyptic approaches to the history of the messianic idea so fundamental to the history of Jewish philosophy in the Middle Ages and reveals the scope and challenges of medieval thought.
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.
Inhaltsangabe
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
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
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