Raphael Dascalu
Biographic Data
| ID | 5871977 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Raphael Dascalu |
| GIVEN NAMES | Raphael |
| FAMILY NAME | Dascalu |
| SIGNATURE | DASCALU R |
| AFFILIATIONS | Monash University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-6581-8095 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 5 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
You Who Slumber
In the fourteenth century, a Muslim scholar in Ḥalab (Aleppo) named ʿAlāʾ al-Dīn al-Muwaqqit composed a vast and erudite commentary on the philosophically-themed opening chapters of Moses Maimonides’ comprehensive code of Jewish law. Two extant manuscripts provide evidence of intensive interest in this work, and sustained study of it, among Jewish scholars for a century following the work’s composition. These manuscripts offer us a unique insight…
Menachem Kellner
Seekers of the Face
Revisiting the Qur’anic aḥbār in Historical Context
The precise identity of the Qur'anic aḥbār, some kind of Jewish communal leaders, has long been debated. This study presents a fresh examination of this term in its Qur'anic context, alongside its cognates in pre-Qur'anic Jewish texts, and engages seriously with both traditional and academic scholarship of the Qur'an
Walter Homolka
Between Intellect and Intoxication
Tanhum b. Joseph Ha-Yerushalmi (d.1291) has drawn growing scholarly interest over the course of the twentieth and early twenty-first centuries. He has been rediscovered as a linguist, philologist, and exegete of the highest order. Not only does his considerable oeuvre provide us with a window into the intellectual life of its author, but it sheds light on a chapter of Jewish history which has only in recent years received the scholarly attention …
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Between Intellect and Intoxication
Tanhum b. Joseph Ha-Yerushalmi (d.1291) has drawn growing scholarly interest over the course of the twentieth and early twenty-first centuries. He has been rediscovered as a linguist, philologist, and exegete of the highest order. Not only does his considerable oeuvre provide us with a window into the intellectual life of its author, but it sheds light on a chapter of Jewish history which has only in recent years received the scholarly attention …
Walter Homolka
Seekers of the Face
Revisiting the Qur’anic aḥbār in Historical Context
The precise identity of the Qur'anic aḥbār, some kind of Jewish communal leaders, has long been debated. This study presents a fresh examination of this term in its Qur'anic context, alongside its cognates in pre-Qur'anic Jewish texts, and engages seriously with both traditional and academic scholarship of the Qur'an
You Who Slumber
In the fourteenth century, a Muslim scholar in Ḥalab (Aleppo) named ʿAlāʾ al-Dīn al-Muwaqqit composed a vast and erudite commentary on the philosophically-themed opening chapters of Moses Maimonides’ comprehensive code of Jewish law. Two extant manuscripts provide evidence of intensive interest in this work, and sustained study of it, among Jewish scholars for a century following the work’s composition. These manuscripts offer us a unique insight…
Menachem Kellner
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