Aviram Ravitsky
Biographic Data
| ID | 2513213 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Aviram Ravitsky |
| GIVEN NAMES | Aviram |
| FAMILY NAME | Ravitsky |
| SIGNATURE | RAVITSKY A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Ariel University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-9184-0184 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 7 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2009 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Before and After Revelation
This article examines the limits of human reason as a source of moral and religious knowledge in the thought of the tenth-century Karaite scholar Yaʿqūb al-Qirqisānī. While Qirqisānī assigns reason a central role in theology, legal analogy, and dialectical deliberation, the article focuses on a neglected dimension of his thought: the epistemological status of morally neutral actions—those neither intrinsically obligatory nor forbidden. Through cl…
The Antiquity of the Commandments in the Thought of Yaʿqūb al-Qirqisānī
The question of whether the divine commandments were observed prior to the revelation at Sinai has vast theological and hermeneutical implications. The first known systematic account that has reached us on the question of the antiquity of the commandments is found in the tenth-century Karaite scholar Yaʿqūb al-Qirqisānī’s Kitāb al-Anwār w-al-Marāqib . Qirqisānī discusses two theories: according to the first, the divine commandments were given alr…
Halakhic Truth and Erroneous Ruling
This study analyzes the attitude toward the conflict between halakhah and science in the thought of two halakhic authorities of fifteenth-century Spain who developed the ideas of their master, R. Nissim of Gerona, in different directions. R. Isaac bar Sheshet Perfet (Rivash) privileged halakhah over science for epistemological reasons because of its basis in revelation and tradition, but it appears that R. Ḥasdai Crescas stressed faith in the hal…
Ibn Gabirol and Judah ha-Levi's Usage of Dialogue
The literary framework of Solomon Ibn Gabirol's Fons Vitae is a conversation between a master and a disciple. In this article, the nature of the disciple's questions will be analyzed in order to explain the advantages of the dialogical process in Ibn Gabirol's thought. The literary framework of Judah ha-Levi's Kitāb al-Khazarī is similar to that of Fons Vitae. Ha-Levi's composition is built as a conversation that allegedly took place between the …
Yaʿqūb al-Qirqisānī on Human Intellect, Legal Inference, and the Meaning of the Aristotelian Syllogism
In the fourth treatise of his legal-theological work Kitāb al-Anwār wa-al-Marāqib , Yaʿqūb al-Qirqisānī analyzes a criticism of the Aristotelian syllogism and its epistemological foundations. Qirqisānī defends Aristotelian logic by quoting a passage from an unknown commentary on Aristotle in which the Aristotelian theory of syllogism is explicated. This paper focuses on the historical, theological, and philosophical meanings of the criticism of t…
Logic and Epistemology in the Karaite Legal Methodology of Yaʽqūb al-Qirqisānī
Logic and Epistemology in the Karaite Legal Methodology of Yaʽqūb al-Qirqisānī: A Hebrew Translation of Kitāb al-Anwār wa-al-Marāqib, treatise 4, chapters 1–8, with introduction and notes - Volume 41 Issue 2
Talmudic Methodology and Aristotelian Logic
This article analyzes the commentary of R. David Ibn Bilia (Portugal, first half of the fourteenth century) on the Thirteen Hermeneutic Principles enumerated in the introduction to the Sifra. The commentary’s originality lies in its comprehensive and consistent application of Aristotelian logic to the realm of Talmudic-rabbinic methodology. Ibn Bilia’s project can be considered a Maimonidean interpretation of Jewish sources, although it deviates …
Ibn Gabirol and Judah ha-Levi's Usage of Dialogue
The literary framework of Solomon Ibn Gabirol's Fons Vitae is a conversation between a master and a disciple. In this article, the nature of the disciple's questions will be analyzed in order to explain the advantages of the dialogical process in Ibn Gabirol's thought. The literary framework of Judah ha-Levi's Kitāb al-Khazarī is similar to that of Fons Vitae. Ha-Levi's composition is built as a conversation that allegedly took place between the …
Talmudic Methodology and Aristotelian Logic
This article analyzes the commentary of R. David Ibn Bilia (Portugal, first half of the fourteenth century) on the Thirteen Hermeneutic Principles enumerated in the introduction to the Sifra. The commentary’s originality lies in its comprehensive and consistent application of Aristotelian logic to the realm of Talmudic-rabbinic methodology. Ibn Bilia’s project can be considered a Maimonidean interpretation of Jewish sources, although it deviates …
Logic and Epistemology in the Karaite Legal Methodology of Yaʽqūb al-Qirqisānī
Logic and Epistemology in the Karaite Legal Methodology of Yaʽqūb al-Qirqisānī: A Hebrew Translation of Kitāb al-Anwār wa-al-Marāqib, treatise 4, chapters 1–8, with introduction and notes - Volume 41 Issue 2
Yaʿqūb al-Qirqisānī on Human Intellect, Legal Inference, and the Meaning of the Aristotelian Syllogism
In the fourth treatise of his legal-theological work Kitāb al-Anwār wa-al-Marāqib , Yaʿqūb al-Qirqisānī analyzes a criticism of the Aristotelian syllogism and its epistemological foundations. Qirqisānī defends Aristotelian logic by quoting a passage from an unknown commentary on Aristotle in which the Aristotelian theory of syllogism is explicated. This paper focuses on the historical, theological, and philosophical meanings of the criticism of t…
Ibn Gabirol and Judah ha-Levi's Usage of Dialogue
The literary framework of Solomon Ibn Gabirol's Fons Vitae is a conversation between a master and a disciple. In this article, the nature of the disciple's questions will be analyzed in order to explain the advantages of the dialogical process in Ibn Gabirol's thought. The literary framework of Judah ha-Levi's Kitāb al-Khazarī is similar to that of Fons Vitae. Ha-Levi's composition is built as a conversation that allegedly took place between the …
Halakhic Truth and Erroneous Ruling
This study analyzes the attitude toward the conflict between halakhah and science in the thought of two halakhic authorities of fifteenth-century Spain who developed the ideas of their master, R. Nissim of Gerona, in different directions. R. Isaac bar Sheshet Perfet (Rivash) privileged halakhah over science for epistemological reasons because of its basis in revelation and tradition, but it appears that R. Ḥasdai Crescas stressed faith in the hal…
The Antiquity of the Commandments in the Thought of Yaʿqūb al-Qirqisānī
The question of whether the divine commandments were observed prior to the revelation at Sinai has vast theological and hermeneutical implications. The first known systematic account that has reached us on the question of the antiquity of the commandments is found in the tenth-century Karaite scholar Yaʿqūb al-Qirqisānī’s Kitāb al-Anwār w-al-Marāqib . Qirqisānī discusses two theories: according to the first, the divine commandments were given alr…
Before and After Revelation
This article examines the limits of human reason as a source of moral and religious knowledge in the thought of the tenth-century Karaite scholar Yaʿqūb al-Qirqisānī. While Qirqisānī assigns reason a central role in theology, legal analogy, and dialectical deliberation, the article focuses on a neglected dimension of his thought: the epistemological status of morally neutral actions—those neither intrinsically obligatory nor forbidden. Through cl…
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