Syllabus Radical Jewish Philosophy: Lecture on the Writin - 14256

Syllabus Radical Jewish Philosophy: lecture on the writin - 14256

Last update 19-04-2015

HU Credits: 2

Degree/Cycle: 1st degree (Bachelor)

Responsible Department: jewish thought

Academic year: 2

Semester: 1st Semester

Teaching Languages: Hebrew

Campus: Mt. Scopus

Course/Module Coordinator: Shalom Sadik

Coordinator Email: [email protected]

Coordinator Office Hours: after the lesson

Teaching Staff: Shalom Zadik

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Course/Module description: During the course, we will studies two Jewish philosophers, which belong to the Averroist trend, at the beginning of the 14th century, Rabbi Itzhak Pulgar and "Rabbi Isaac Albalag. Averroist Jewish thought largely represents the more radical philosophical Jewish interpretation. These two thinkers are completely naturalistic and base largely there interpretations on the most radical reading of the philosophy of Maimonides. The course will be based on a close reading of both authors.

Course/Module aims: Develop a critical approach to religious issues.

Learning outcomes - On successful completion of this module, students should be able to: Better understanding of the Averroist thinkers.

Attendance requirements(%): 80

Teaching arrangement and method of instruction: reading textes

Course/Module Content: Rabbi Isaac Pulgar "Ezer Hadat", Rabbi Isaac Albalag "tikkun Hadeot".

Required Reading: Rabbi Isaac Pulgar "Ezer Hadat", Rabbi Isaac Albalag "tikkun Hadeot".

Additional Reading Material: Determinism in Avicenna and Averroes. Leiden 2007 י' גוטמן, "משנתו של יצחק אלבלג", בתוך: ספר זיכרון ללוי גינצברג, ניו יורק תש"ו, עמ' פב-פג Del Valle, La Contradiction Del Hereje De Issac Ben Polgar, in: Jewish Studies at the turn of the Twentieth Century, Toledo 1998, pp. 553-558. ste juif traducteur et annotateur dAl Ghazali. Parisןac Albalag averroבG. Vajda. Is 1960 ac Albalag. REJ. 121בtique chez Isיproph יritיphilosophique et v יritיCH. Touati. V (1962). Pp. 35- 47. CH. Touati. 'Dieu et le monde selon Moise Narboni'. Archives dhistoire doctrinale et .ge 29 (1954). Pp. 193-205ג-raire du moyenיlitt D. Lasker Averroistic Trends in Jewish-Christian Polemics in the Late Middle Ages,

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Speculum, 55:2 (1980): 294-304. D.J. Lasker. Jewish Philosophical Polemics against Christianity in the Midlle ages. New York 1977. ש' פינס, בין מחשבת ישראל למחשבת העמים. ירושלים תשל"ג. ש' פינס, 'על סוגיות אחדות הכלולות בספר עזר הדת ליצחק פולקר ותקבולת להן אצל שפינוזה', בתוך: ספר לכבוד התשבי, ירושלים תשמו. ש' צדיק, 'רצון ה', ידיעת ה' ורצון האדם בהגותו של רבי יצחק פולקר', דעת 76 (תשע"ד), עמ' -147 172. ש' צדיק, 'בחירת האדם ורצון החיות בפילוסופיה היהודית בסוף ימי הביניים', JSIJ 9 (2010), -181 203. .sme, Paris 1852ןs et l'AverroטE.Renan, Averro N. Roth. Issac Polgar y su libro contra un converso. Polemica judeo cristinia estudios. Madrid 1992. Pp. 67- 73.

Course/Module evaluation: End of year written/oral examination 0 % Presentation 0 % Participation in Tutorials 20 % Project work 80 % Assignments 0 % Reports 0 % Research project 0 % Quizzes 0 % Other 0 %

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