Jonathan Jacobs
Biographic Data
| ID | 3810046 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jonathan Jacobs |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jonathan |
| FAMILY NAME | Jacobs |
| SIGNATURE | JACOBS J |
| AFFILIATIONS | Bar-Ilan University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-5926-0072 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 30 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 28 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 2 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1891 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Joseph Kara's Torah commentaries
This article presents 15 passages from Hezekiah ben Manoah's Commentary on the Torah, arguing that they can be sourced to Joseph Kara's lost commentary on the Torah. The identification of their origin in Kara is based on their invocation of a literary principle common in Kara's commentary, the principle of anticipation, and on usages that are unique to Kara: ךדמלו םדק,רמול דיתעש יפל and המתת אלש. These glosses do not appear in extant northern Fre…
Criminology as a Moral Science
This book proposes an explicit recognition of criminology as a moral science – that is, an empirically rigorous social science that takes full account of the presence and role of values in people’s reasoning and motivation. This endeavour requires input from both criminologists and moral philosophers, and careful dialogue between them, so the book contains chapters by scholars from both disciplines. Several social sciences – notably social anthro…
“Following the Breath”
Given the prevalence of mental health issues for both educators and adolescents in rural Montana, this project is designed to help mitigate the impact of stressors by providing coping strategies linked to improvements in overall mental health outcomes for teachers, which may ultimately lead to improved co-regulation of students and classroom climate. The immediate goal of this pilot study was to measure physical and mental health outcomes of educ…
Onqelos in Byzantium in the Twelfth and Thirteenth Centuries
This study addresses the views of two Byzantine commentators regarding Targum Onqelos: R. Samuel Roshano of the twelfth century and R. Meyuhas ben Elijah of the thirteenth. R. Samuel explicitly refers to the translation forty-six times; R. Meyuhas makes explicit reference to it 104 times. But there are differences between the two commentators in their relation to the Targum: R. Samuel never mentions the name Onqelos, while R. Meyuhas does so expl…
Judaism, Pluralism & Public Reason
Central values of Judaism and the historical experience of Jews are sources of strong Jewish support for democracy, especially in the United States, where Jews did not have to wait for citizenship and rights to be conferred on them – and possibly withdrawn. Judaism is strongly committed to the political order in the United States and to the pluralistic, dynamic civil society it helps make possible. Jews have the freedoms that others have, and tho…
From France to Provence: The Influence of Ribash on Radak's Commentary on the Pentateuch
This article examines whether Rabbi David Kimhi (Radak) was familiar with the commentary on the Pentateuch written by Rabbi Joseph Bekhor Shor (Ribash). Focusing specifically on their two commentaries on Genesis, the author assesses the geographical and cultural plausibility of the connection; analyzes internal references in Radak's commentary; highlights linguistic similarities, including identical turns of phrase, in the works of the two rabbis…
Nahmanides and Ibn Ezra’s commentaries on Genesis
In this article I re-examine the question of which of Ibn Ezra’s commentaries on Genesis was available to Nahmanides when he wrote his own commentary on the book. The consensus until now had been that Nahmanides was familiar with both the short commentary and the second recension. A comprehensive analysis of Nahmanides’ commentary on Genesis demonstrates that this consensus is incorrect – Nahmanides was only familiar with Ibn Ezra’s short comment…
Surgically Induced Changes in Gut Microbiome and Hedonic Eating as Related to Weight Loss
OBJECTIVE: Weight loss surgery results in significant changes in the anatomy, function, and intraluminal environment of the gastrointestinal tract affecting the gut microbiome. Although bariatric surgery results in sustained weight loss, decreased appetite, and hedonic eating, it is unknown whether the surgery-induced alterations in gut microbiota play a role in the observed changes in hedonic eating. We explored the following hypotheses: (1) lap…
Character, Punishment, and the Liberal Order
The chapter explores the impact of long-term incarceration on an intersection of character, rational agency, and the ability to participate successfully in the civil society of a liberal polity. The chief claims are that (i) the concept of character does indeed have explanatory and ethical significance, and (ii) prevailing conditions of long-term incarceration in the US and UK often harm and worsen prisoners through their impact on dispositions c…
The Routledge Handbook of Criminal Justice Ethics
Religious Ideals and the Idea of Liberalism
Lenn Goodman's defense of a vital role for religiously grounded considerations in the political culture of a pluralistic liberal polity is supported in important respects though aspects of his critique of secular pluralism are challenged. It is true that secular liberalism sometimes fails to acknowledge constructive ways religion can figure in pluralistic liberal political culture. Additionally, it sometimes excludes valuative considerations cruc…
The Allegorical Exegesis of Song of Songs by R. Tuviah ben ’Eliʽezer— Lekaḥ Tov , and Its Relation to Rashi's Commentary
This article examines three facets of R. Tuviah ben ’Eliʽezer's commentary, Lekaḥ tov , on Song of Songs: (a) his unique approach to allegorical interpretation; (b) his participation in Judeo-Christian polemics; and (c) the question of a connection between his commentary on Songs and Rashi's. R. Tuviah proposes to read the verses of Songs as simultaneously describing the past, the present, and the future of the Jewish nation, a type of reading th…
Nahmanides’ addenda to his Commentary on the Pentateuch in light of MS Cambridge 525
In this article we seek to present, for the first time, a new finding testifying to the addenda which Nahmanides introduced into his Commentary on the Pentateuch after reaching the Land of Israel. We found that MS S (Cambridge 525), which contains only the Book of Genesis, shows evidence of a list of addenda. The contribution of MS S to the study of the addenda which Nahmanides introduced into his Commentary is twofold: first, the new findings le…
The Fact/Value Distinction and the Social Sciences
Rabbi Joseph Kara as an Exegete of Biblical Narrative
»Vielmehr bietet [der Kommentar] auf höchstem Niveau eine substantielle Auseinandersetzung mit den Hintergründen, den Zusammenhängen, der Theorie und der Praxis des Grundgesetzes. Besseres lässt sich von einem Verfassungskommentar nicht sagen.“ Herbert Günther Staaatsanzeiger für das Land Hessen 2018 (50), 1494–1495
Reason, religion, and natural law
This edited volume examines the ways in which theological considerations have figured in natural law theorizing, from Plato to Spinoza. Theological considerations have long had a pronounced role in Catholic natural law theories, but have not been seriously examined from a wider perspective. The contributors to this volume take a more inclusive view of the relation between conceptions of natural law and theistic claims and principles.
Rabbi Samson Raphael Hirsch as a Peshat Commentator
The heart of Samson Raphael Hirsch’s literary corpus is his great commentary on the Pentateuch. In the commentary’s heyday, the German Jewish communities treated it with the reverence traditionally accorded Rashi on the Torah, and it was always to be found on the desks of both scholars and laypersons. Although the vast literature on Hirsch focuses on his life and his doctrine of Torah im Derech Eretz , much has been written about various aspects …
Introduction to Special Issue
Theory, practice, and specialization
Humanistic studies cultivate types of conceptual fluency and modes of awareness important to thought concerning values. Not all knowledge is scientific knowledge. There is genuine comprehension of some valuative matters – they are not all to be interpreted in expressive or subjective terms. Education in the humanities can encourage value-relevant types of discernment, awareness, and articulateness in uniquely effective ways. Though important kind…
Spirituality and virtue
Does Rashbam’s Commentary on the Torah Acknowledge the Commentaries of Rabbi Abraham Ibn Ezra
Research concerning the relationship between Rashbam and Ibn Ezra has focused to date on the question of whether Ibn Ezra was familiar with Rashbam’s commentary on the Torah. In this article we investigate the inverse question—whether Rashbam knew of and referred to Ibn Ezra’s commentaries on the Torah. The possibility arises in light of Ibn Ezra’s stay in northern France during the period when Rashbam was active there, and also on the basis of s…
Inner-Biblical Exegesis in the Commentary of Rashbam on the Bible
Un des moyens exegetiques employes par Rashbam (Samuel ben Meir), dans son commentaire sur la Bible, consiste a citer des versets bibliques. Son commentaire compte plusieurs centaines de versets bibliques, cependant ses motifs quant a ces nombreuses citations peuvent varier. Cet article se propose d'examiner de pres la terminologie employee par Rashbam dans ses citations de versets bibliques. Dans un premier temps, nous presentons les differentes…
The Humanities and the Recovery of the Real World
This article identifies a common intellectual project of the disciplines that constitute the Humanities. It does not define the humanities but characterizes some of the main features of the distinctive and essential kind of learning uniquely attainable by their study. The humanities enable us to attain an understanding of normativity in the broadest sense; humanistic study leads to a textured, penetrating comprehension of diverse valuative matter…
Virtuous Liaisons
Dimensions of Moral Theory
Moral theories address questions about what is right and wrong, what is obligatory, what is impermissible, what our ideals should be, and the like. This book examines the key presuppositions and philosophical commitments that support and shape moral theories. Many of the topics discussed belong to what is called “metaethics,” which is a study of moral concepts, language, and thought, rather than a study of moral issues themselves
Dimensions of Moral Theory
Moral theories address questions about what is right and wrong, what is obligatory, what is impermissible, what our ideals should be, and the like. This book examines the key presuppositions and philosophical commitments that support and shape moral theories. Many of the topics discussed belong to what is called “metaethics,” which is a study of moral concepts, language, and thought, rather than a study of moral issues themselves
Histoire de la communauté israélite de Corfou
Jacobs Jonathan A. Histoire de la communauté israélite de Corfou. In: Revue des études juives, tome 23, n°45, juillet-septembre 1891. pp. 63-74
The place of virtue in happiness
Relativism, rationality and repression
Plasticity and Perfection
There are some quite striking similarities between the moral psychology Maimonides presents in ‘Eight Chapters’ and Aristotle's moral psychology. They both deny that individuals have the virtues and vices by nature; they put a great deal of weight on habituation as a formative factor with respect to character; and they both characterize virtues in terms of lying in a mean between excess and defect. These are fundamentals of moral psychology that …
Dimensions of Moral Theory
Moral theories address questions about what is right and wrong, what is obligatory, what is impermissible, what our ideals should be, and the like. This book examines the key presuppositions and philosophical commitments that support and shape moral theories. Many of the topics discussed belong to what is called “metaethics,” which is a study of moral concepts, language, and thought, rather than a study of moral issues themselves
Dimensions of Moral Theory
Preface. 1. Objectivity and Subjectivity. Interpretations of Objectivity. Monism and Pluralism. This Way to Subjectivism. Subjectivity and Sentiment. Subjectivism and Skepticism. Relativism. Where Now?. Questions for Discussion and Reflection. Thinkers and Their Works and Further Reading. Notes. 2. Moral Theory and Moral Psychology. Moral Motivation. Virtue and Motivation. Self--interest and Morality. What about Luck?. Are Moral Considerations Ov…
Virtuous Liaisons
Inner-Biblical Exegesis in the Commentary of Rashbam on the Bible
Un des moyens exegetiques employes par Rashbam (Samuel ben Meir), dans son commentaire sur la Bible, consiste a citer des versets bibliques. Son commentaire compte plusieurs centaines de versets bibliques, cependant ses motifs quant a ces nombreuses citations peuvent varier. Cet article se propose d'examiner de pres la terminologie employee par Rashbam dans ses citations de versets bibliques. Dans un premier temps, nous presentons les differentes…
The Humanities and the Recovery of the Real World
This article identifies a common intellectual project of the disciplines that constitute the Humanities. It does not define the humanities but characterizes some of the main features of the distinctive and essential kind of learning uniquely attainable by their study. The humanities enable us to attain an understanding of normativity in the broadest sense; humanistic study leads to a textured, penetrating comprehension of diverse valuative matter…
Spirituality and virtue
Does Rashbam’s Commentary on the Torah Acknowledge the Commentaries of Rabbi Abraham Ibn Ezra
Research concerning the relationship between Rashbam and Ibn Ezra has focused to date on the question of whether Ibn Ezra was familiar with Rashbam’s commentary on the Torah. In this article we investigate the inverse question—whether Rashbam knew of and referred to Ibn Ezra’s commentaries on the Torah. The possibility arises in light of Ibn Ezra’s stay in northern France during the period when Rashbam was active there, and also on the basis of s…
Rabbi Joseph Kara as an Exegete of Biblical Narrative
»Vielmehr bietet [der Kommentar] auf höchstem Niveau eine substantielle Auseinandersetzung mit den Hintergründen, den Zusammenhängen, der Theorie und der Praxis des Grundgesetzes. Besseres lässt sich von einem Verfassungskommentar nicht sagen.“ Herbert Günther Staaatsanzeiger für das Land Hessen 2018 (50), 1494–1495
Reason, religion, and natural law
This edited volume examines the ways in which theological considerations have figured in natural law theorizing, from Plato to Spinoza. Theological considerations have long had a pronounced role in Catholic natural law theories, but have not been seriously examined from a wider perspective. The contributors to this volume take a more inclusive view of the relation between conceptions of natural law and theistic claims and principles.
Rabbi Samson Raphael Hirsch as a Peshat Commentator
The heart of Samson Raphael Hirsch’s literary corpus is his great commentary on the Pentateuch. In the commentary’s heyday, the German Jewish communities treated it with the reverence traditionally accorded Rashi on the Torah, and it was always to be found on the desks of both scholars and laypersons. Although the vast literature on Hirsch focuses on his life and his doctrine of Torah im Derech Eretz , much has been written about various aspects …
Introduction to Special Issue
Theory, practice, and specialization
Humanistic studies cultivate types of conceptual fluency and modes of awareness important to thought concerning values. Not all knowledge is scientific knowledge. There is genuine comprehension of some valuative matters – they are not all to be interpreted in expressive or subjective terms. Education in the humanities can encourage value-relevant types of discernment, awareness, and articulateness in uniquely effective ways. Though important kind…
The Fact/Value Distinction and the Social Sciences
Nahmanides’ addenda to his Commentary on the Pentateuch in light of MS Cambridge 525
In this article we seek to present, for the first time, a new finding testifying to the addenda which Nahmanides introduced into his Commentary on the Pentateuch after reaching the Land of Israel. We found that MS S (Cambridge 525), which contains only the Book of Genesis, shows evidence of a list of addenda. The contribution of MS S to the study of the addenda which Nahmanides introduced into his Commentary is twofold: first, the new findings le…
Religious Ideals and the Idea of Liberalism
Lenn Goodman's defense of a vital role for religiously grounded considerations in the political culture of a pluralistic liberal polity is supported in important respects though aspects of his critique of secular pluralism are challenged. It is true that secular liberalism sometimes fails to acknowledge constructive ways religion can figure in pluralistic liberal political culture. Additionally, it sometimes excludes valuative considerations cruc…
The Allegorical Exegesis of Song of Songs by R. Tuviah ben ’Eliʽezer— Lekaḥ Tov , and Its Relation to Rashi's Commentary
This article examines three facets of R. Tuviah ben ’Eliʽezer's commentary, Lekaḥ tov , on Song of Songs: (a) his unique approach to allegorical interpretation; (b) his participation in Judeo-Christian polemics; and (c) the question of a connection between his commentary on Songs and Rashi's. R. Tuviah proposes to read the verses of Songs as simultaneously describing the past, the present, and the future of the Jewish nation, a type of reading th…
Character, Punishment, and the Liberal Order
The chapter explores the impact of long-term incarceration on an intersection of character, rational agency, and the ability to participate successfully in the civil society of a liberal polity. The chief claims are that (i) the concept of character does indeed have explanatory and ethical significance, and (ii) prevailing conditions of long-term incarceration in the US and UK often harm and worsen prisoners through their impact on dispositions c…
The Routledge Handbook of Criminal Justice Ethics
Surgically Induced Changes in Gut Microbiome and Hedonic Eating as Related to Weight Loss
OBJECTIVE: Weight loss surgery results in significant changes in the anatomy, function, and intraluminal environment of the gastrointestinal tract affecting the gut microbiome. Although bariatric surgery results in sustained weight loss, decreased appetite, and hedonic eating, it is unknown whether the surgery-induced alterations in gut microbiota play a role in the observed changes in hedonic eating. We explored the following hypotheses: (1) lap…
From France to Provence: The Influence of Ribash on Radak's Commentary on the Pentateuch
This article examines whether Rabbi David Kimhi (Radak) was familiar with the commentary on the Pentateuch written by Rabbi Joseph Bekhor Shor (Ribash). Focusing specifically on their two commentaries on Genesis, the author assesses the geographical and cultural plausibility of the connection; analyzes internal references in Radak's commentary; highlights linguistic similarities, including identical turns of phrase, in the works of the two rabbis…
Nahmanides and Ibn Ezra’s commentaries on Genesis
In this article I re-examine the question of which of Ibn Ezra’s commentaries on Genesis was available to Nahmanides when he wrote his own commentary on the book. The consensus until now had been that Nahmanides was familiar with both the short commentary and the second recension. A comprehensive analysis of Nahmanides’ commentary on Genesis demonstrates that this consensus is incorrect – Nahmanides was only familiar with Ibn Ezra’s short comment…
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