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Perspectives on Jewish Thought and Mysticism Alfred L. Ivry

Perspectives on Jewish Thought and Mysticism By Alfred L. Ivry

Perspectives on Jewish Thought and Mysticism by Alfred L. Ivry


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Perspectives on Jewish Thought and Mysticism: Proceedings of the International Conference held by The Institute of Jewish Studies, University College London, 1994, in Celebration of its Fortieth Anniversary. Dedicated to the memory and academic legacy of its Founder Alexander Altmann by Alfred L. Ivry

First Published in 1998. This is the proceedings of the International Conference held by The Institute of Jewish Studies, University College London, 1994, in Celebration of its Fortieth Anniversary. Dedicated to the memory and academic legacy of its Founder Alexander Altmann.

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A valuable and complete bibliography of Altermann's extensive publications, enhances the worth of this commendable volume.

About Alfred L. Ivry

Alfred L. Ivry, Elliot R. Wolfson, Allan Arkush

Table of Contents

Preface, Alfred L. Ivry; List of Contributors; Part 01 I: Introductory Essays; Section 01 Chapter 1 Bibliography of the Published Writings of Alexander Altmann; Section 01 ManfredAltman; Section 02 Chapter 2 History of the Institute of Jewish Studies During its First 40 Years 1954-1994; Section 02 The Editors; Section 03 Chapter 3 Jewish Scholarship as a Vocation; Section 03 Paul Mendes-Flohr; Part 02 II: Medieval Jewish Philosophy; Section 04 Chapter 4 Rabbi Simlai's Saying and Beliefs Concerning God; Section 04 Arthur Hyman; Section 05 Chapter 5 The Logical and Scientific Premises of Maimonides' Thought; Section 05 Alfred L. Ivry; Section 06 Chapter 6 Maimonides on Women: Formless Matter or Potential Prophet?; Section 06 Abraham Melamed; Section 07 Chapter 7 On the Limited-Omniscience Interpretation of Gersonides' Theory of Divine Knowledge; Section 07 Charles H. Manekin; Section 08 Chapter 8 Gersonides on the Mode of Communicating Knowledge of the Future to the Dreamer and Clairvoyant; Section 08 Sara Klein-Braslavy; Section 09 Chapter 9 Some Observations on Ma 'aseh Nissim by R. Nissim of Marseilles; Section 09 Howard Kreisel; Section 10 Chapter 10 Prophecy and Perception in Isaac Abravanel; Section 10 Seymour Feldman; Section 11 Chapter 11 Les lettres hebraiques, leur existence ideale et materielle; Section 11 Colette Sirat; Part 03 III: Medieval Jewish Mysticism; Section 12 Chapter 12 Samael and the Problem of Jewish Gnosticism; Section 12 Joseph Dan; Section 13 Chapter 13 Some Remarks on Rabbi Moses Cordovero's Shemu 'ah be-'Inyan ha-Gilgul; Section 13 Bracha Sack; Section 14 Chapter 14 Abulafia's Secrets of the Guide: A Linguistic Turn; Section 14 Moshe Idel; Section 15 Chapter 15 Mystical Rationalization of the Commandments in the Prophetic Kabbalah of Abraham Abulafia; Section 15 Elliot R.Wolfson; Section 16 Chapter 16 Contemporary Habad and the Paradox of Redemption; Section 16 Naftali Loewenthal; Part 04 IV: Modern Jewish Thought; Section 17 Chapter 17 Mendelssohn's Heavenly Politics; Section 17 Warren Zev Harvey; Section 18 Chapter 18 Kant's View of Mendelssohn; Section 18 Allan Arkush; Section 19 Chapter 19 Maimonides and Mendelssohn on the Origins of Idolatry, the Election of Israel, and the Oral Law; Section 19 Lawrence Kaplan; Section 20 Chapter 20 Ideological Differences Over the Status of the Kehilla: The Jewish Community in the Age of Emancipation; Section 20 Jacob Katz; Section 21 Chapter 21 Moses Mendelssohn and European Enlightenment; Section 21 Eva J. Engel; Section 22 Chapter 22 Alexander Altmann as a Theologian; Section 22 David Novak; Index;

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Perspectives on Jewish Thought and Mysticism: Proceedings of the International Conference held by The Institute of Jewish Studies, University College London, 1994, in Celebration of its Fortieth Anniversary. Dedicated to the memory and academic legacy of its Founder Alexander Altmann by Alfred L. Ivry
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