Alexander Altmann
Biographic Data
| ID | 532181 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Alexander Altmann |
| GIVEN NAMES | Alexander |
| FAMILY NAME | Altmann |
| SIGNATURE | ALTMANN A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Manchester |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 29 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 4 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 26 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 3 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1944 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
The Encounter of Faith and Reason in the Western Tradition and Its Significance Today
This article is a transcription of a lecture on faith and reason that was delivered by Alexander Altmann at the University of Chicago in 1961, preserved in a tape recording and recently discovered by the editor. Altmann’s lecture is a far-reaching discussion of the interrelationship between faith and reason in Western thought, explored from a range of vantage points: philosophical, theological, and historical. The article also contains a brief in…
Isaac Israeli: A Neoplatonic Philosopher of the Early Tenth Century
Judah Halevi's Theory of Climates
The God of Religion, the God of Metaphysics and Wittgenstein's "Language-Games"
Maimonides and Thomas Aquinas: Natural or Divine Prophecy
The question whether prophecy is a natural phenomenon or a divine gift goes back to classical antiquity. A natural explanation of divination in sleep was first attempted by Democritus whose theory operates with the notion of ‘images’ ( eidōla ) that affect the soul in dreams and foretell the future. Whence these images emanate does not seem to be too clear from the sources at our disposal. Democritus is said to have described them as “great and g…
Studies in Religious Philosophy and Mysticism
Introduction 1. Delphic Maxim in Medieval Islam and Judaism 2. The Ladder of Ascension 3. Ibn Bajja on Man's Ultimate Felicity 4. Essence and Existence in Maimonides 5. A Note on the Rabbinic Doctrine of Creation 6. Saadya's Theory of Revelation: It's Origin and Background 7. Eleazar of Worms' Symbol of the Merkabah 8. Motif of the Shells in Azriel of Gerona 9. Moses Narboni's Epistle on Shi ur Qoma 10. William Wollaston: English Deist and Rabbin…
"Altmann's "Moses Mendelssohn
Jewish Medieval and Renaissance Studies
Moses Mendelssohn: A Biographical Study
Journal Article Moses Mendelssohn: A Biographical Study, by Alexander Altmann. University, Alabama: University of Alabama Press, 1973, 900 pp. $15.00 Get access Michael A. Meyer Michael A. Meyer Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Sociology of Religion, Volume 35, Issue 1, Spring 1974, Pages 74–75, https://doi.org/10.2307/3710349 Published: 01 March 1974
Eternality of Punishment: A Theological Controversy within the Amsterdam Rabbinate in the Thirties of the Seventeenth Century
Moses Mendelssohns Frühschriften zur Metaphysik
Moses Mendelssohns Frühschriften zur Metaphysik
Eine neuendeckte Moses Mendelssohn-Korrespondenz zur Frage des Selbstrnords
Eine neuendeckte Moses Mendelssohn-Korrespondenz zur Frage des Selbstrnords ALEXANDER ALTMANN In seinen Briefen "Ûber die Empfindungen" (1755) suchte MOSES MENDELSSOHN die Unzulassigkeit des Selbstmords mit den Mitteln der Leibniz-Wolffschen Schulphilosophie darzutun. Er griff damit in eine Debatte ein, die seit dem Erscheinen von John Donnes Biathanatos (1646 oder 1647) nicht zur Ruhe gekommen war und besonders im acht- zehnten Jahrhundert die G…
"Homo Imago Dei" in Jewish and Christian Theology
Jewish Medieval and Renaissance Studies
Studies in Nineteenth-Century Jewish Intellectual History
The modern phase of Jewish spiritual development had its beginnings in the 19th century when social and legislative restrictions on Jewish communities in Germany and elsewhere were greatly relaxed. Starting with accounts of the early process of Jewish Emancipation, this series of essays by seven eminent scholars examines important aspects of the new orientations evolved in this crucial and formative period in modern Jewish intellectual history.
The Guide of the Perplexed. Moses Maimonides , Shlomo Pines
Biblical and Other Studies
Eleazar of Worms' Hokhmath Ha-'Egoz
L'homme et l'absolu selon la kabbaleSchayaLeo L'homme et l'absolu selon la kabbale Éditions Buchet/ChastelCorrêa-Paris, 1958, 203
In Memorian — Isaak Heinemann
Studia PatristicaAlandKurtCrossF. L. Studia Patristica: Papers Presented to the Second International Conference on Patristic Studies Held at Christ Church, Oxford, 1955Part I, 700Part II, 560Akademie-…
L’amour de Dieu dans la théologie juive du moyen âgeVajdaGeorgesGilsonEtienne L'amour de Dieu dans la théologie juive du moyen âge: Etudes de philosophie médiévaleXLVIParisLibraire Philosophique J. Vr…
Short Notices
A Note on the Rabbinic Doctrine of Creation
In Memoriam—Leo Baeck
"Franz Rosenzweig and Eugen Rosenstock-Huessy an Introduction to Their "Letters on Judaism and Christianity
The Gnostic Background of the Rabbinic Adam Legends
Theologie als GlaubenswagnisTheologie als Glaubenswagnis: Festschrift für Karl Heim zum 80. Geburtstag Dargebracht von der Evang.-Theol. Fakultät in TübingenIm Furche-VerlagHamburg
A Note on the Rabbinic Doctrine of Creation
In Memoriam—Leo Baeck
Isaac Israeli's "Chapter on the Elements" (Ms Mantua)
In Memorian — Isaak Heinemann
Studia PatristicaAlandKurtCrossF. L. Studia Patristica: Papers Presented to the Second International Conference on Patristic Studies Held at Christ Church, Oxford, 1955Part I, 700Part II, 560Akademie-…
L’amour de Dieu dans la théologie juive du moyen âgeVajdaGeorgesGilsonEtienne L'amour de Dieu dans la théologie juive du moyen âge: Etudes de philosophie médiévaleXLVIParisLibraire Philosophique J. Vr…
Short Notices
L'homme et l'absolu selon la kabbaleSchayaLeo L'homme et l'absolu selon la kabbale Éditions Buchet/ChastelCorrêa-Paris, 1958, 203
Eleazar of Worms' Hokhmath Ha-'Egoz
Biblical and Other Studies
Studies in Nineteenth-Century Jewish Intellectual History
The modern phase of Jewish spiritual development had its beginnings in the 19th century when social and legislative restrictions on Jewish communities in Germany and elsewhere were greatly relaxed. Starting with accounts of the early process of Jewish Emancipation, this series of essays by seven eminent scholars examines important aspects of the new orientations evolved in this crucial and formative period in modern Jewish intellectual history.
The Guide of the Perplexed. Moses Maimonides , Shlomo Pines
Jewish Medieval and Renaissance Studies
Eine neuendeckte Moses Mendelssohn-Korrespondenz zur Frage des Selbstrnords
Eine neuendeckte Moses Mendelssohn-Korrespondenz zur Frage des Selbstrnords ALEXANDER ALTMANN In seinen Briefen "Ûber die Empfindungen" (1755) suchte MOSES MENDELSSOHN die Unzulassigkeit des Selbstmords mit den Mitteln der Leibniz-Wolffschen Schulphilosophie darzutun. Er griff damit in eine Debatte ein, die seit dem Erscheinen von John Donnes Biathanatos (1646 oder 1647) nicht zur Ruhe gekommen war und besonders im acht- zehnten Jahrhundert die G…
"Homo Imago Dei" in Jewish and Christian Theology
Moses Mendelssohns Frühschriften zur Metaphysik
Moses Mendelssohns Frühschriften zur Metaphysik
Eternality of Punishment: A Theological Controversy within the Amsterdam Rabbinate in the Thirties of the Seventeenth Century
Jewish Medieval and Renaissance Studies
Moses Mendelssohn: A Biographical Study
Journal Article Moses Mendelssohn: A Biographical Study, by Alexander Altmann. University, Alabama: University of Alabama Press, 1973, 900 pp. $15.00 Get access Michael A. Meyer Michael A. Meyer Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Sociology of Religion, Volume 35, Issue 1, Spring 1974, Pages 74–75, https://doi.org/10.2307/3710349 Published: 01 March 1974
Studies in Religious Philosophy and Mysticism
Introduction 1. Delphic Maxim in Medieval Islam and Judaism 2. The Ladder of Ascension 3. Ibn Bajja on Man's Ultimate Felicity 4. Essence and Existence in Maimonides 5. A Note on the Rabbinic Doctrine of Creation 6. Saadya's Theory of Revelation: It's Origin and Background 7. Eleazar of Worms' Symbol of the Merkabah 8. Motif of the Shells in Azriel of Gerona 9. Moses Narboni's Epistle on Shi ur Qoma 10. William Wollaston: English Deist and Rabbin…
"Altmann's "Moses Mendelssohn
Maimonides and Thomas Aquinas: Natural or Divine Prophecy
The question whether prophecy is a natural phenomenon or a divine gift goes back to classical antiquity. A natural explanation of divination in sleep was first attempted by Democritus whose theory operates with the notion of ‘images’ ( eidōla ) that affect the soul in dreams and foretell the future. Whence these images emanate does not seem to be too clear from the sources at our disposal. Democritus is said to have described them as “great and g…
Philosophy (20 works) · Art (13 works) · History (13 works) · Medieval and Classical Philosophy (11 works) · Theology (10 works) · Philosophy (8 works) · Biblical Studies and Interpretation (7 works) · Classics (7 works) · Judaism (6 works) · Archaeology (5 works)