Messianism in Medieval Jewish Thought

By:

Dov Schwartz

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Hardback

Series:

Emunot: Jewish Philosophy and Kabbalah

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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

Author Biography:

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.

Release date Australia

April 20th, 2017

Author

Dov Schwartz

Audience

Professional & Vocational

Pages

288

Series

Emunot: Jewish Philosophy and Kabbalah

Dimensions

156x234x18

ISBN-13

9781618115690

Product ID

26407988

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