James T Robinson
Biographic Data
| ID | 5873163 |
|---|---|
| NAME | James T Robinson |
| GIVEN NAMES | James T |
| FAMILY NAME | Robinson |
| SIGNATURE | ROBINSON J T |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 8 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2003 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Medieval Jewish Philosophy and Its Literary Forms
Too often the study of philosophical texts is carried out in ways that do not pay significant attention to how the ideas contained within them are presented, articulated, and developed. This was not always the case. The contributors to this collected work consider Jewish philosophy in the medieval period, when new genres and forms of written expression were flourishing in the wake of renewed interest in ancient philosophy. Many medieval Jewish ph…
In Memoriam
Reading Other People Reading Other People's Scripture
Research Article| September 01 2012 Reading Other People Reading Other People's Scripture: The Influence of Religious Polemic on Jewish Biblical Exegesis James T. Robinson James T. Robinson University of Chicago [email protected] James T. Robinson, PhD (2002) in NELC, Harvard University, is associate professor of the history of Judaism at The University of Chicago, The Divinity School. He has published extensively on medieval Jewish philosophy and…
Samuel Ibn Tibbon's Peruš ha-Millot ha-Zarot and al-Fārābī's Eisagoge and Categories
Samuel Ibn Tibbon's Perus ha-Millot ha-Zarot was one of the most popular and widely used Jewish philosophical reference works during the Middle Ages and survives in more than 50 manuscripts. It was read both as a glossary to his Hebrew translation of the Guide of the Perplexed and as a general introduction to philosophy. The definitions that Ibn Tibbon provides, which range over the full curriculum of medieval philosophy and science, were not alw…
Samuel Ibn Tibbon's Commentary on Ecclesiastes
Samuel Ibn Tibbon (c. 1165-1232) - the eminent translator, philosopher, and exegete - is most famous for his Hebrew translation of Maimonides' Guide of the Perplexed . However, he wrote original works as well, and laid the foundations for a distinctive philosophical-exegetical movement, what is today called 'Maimonideanism'. James T. Robinson's book includes a first English translation of Ibn Tibbon's commentary on Ecclesiastes, which was the fou…
Rabbi Jeruham b. Meshullam, Michael Scot, and the Development of Jewish Law in Fourteenth-Century Spain
One of the most mysterious and haunting of all medieval halakhic figures must certainly be the fourteenth-century sage Rabbi Jeruham b. Meshullam. During the sixteenth century, he was known as “Tamiri”—“the concealed one”—a moniker given to him by Joseph Karo's heavenly interlocutor, the Maggid. Years later, David Azulai, the eminent eighteenth-century rabbinic bibliographer, reported that “a number of Rabbis who had composed commentaries on his …
Three Recent Books on Isaac Abarbanel/Abravanel (1437–1508/9)
If quantity is any measure of importance, then Isaac Abarbanel/Abravanel—the fascinating statesman and financier, polemicist and messianic theorist, exegete and philosopher-theologian—has certainly risen very high indeed in the study of medieval Jewish thought. Although never an obscure figure in modern scholarship, having already been the subject of several monographs and dozens of articles, the publication of three books in as many years moves …
The First References in Hebrew to al-Bitr?j?'s On the Principles of Astronomy
The first references in Hebrew to al-Biṭrūjī's On the Principles of Astronomy , which are found in Samuel Ibn Tibbon's Perus ha-millot ha-zarot, Commentary on Ecclesiastes , and Maʾamar yiqqawu ha-mayim , are identified and discussed briefly. These references are placed in the context of the history of al-Biṭrūjī's influence on medieval Jewish philosophy and science. The significance of Ibn Tibbon's discussion of al- Biṭrūjī and astronomy in gene…
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The First References in Hebrew to al-Bitr?j?'s On the Principles of Astronomy
The first references in Hebrew to al-Biṭrūjī's On the Principles of Astronomy , which are found in Samuel Ibn Tibbon's Perus ha-millot ha-zarot, Commentary on Ecclesiastes , and Maʾamar yiqqawu ha-mayim , are identified and discussed briefly. These references are placed in the context of the history of al-Biṭrūjī's influence on medieval Jewish philosophy and science. The significance of Ibn Tibbon's discussion of al- Biṭrūjī and astronomy in gene…
Three Recent Books on Isaac Abarbanel/Abravanel (1437–1508/9)
If quantity is any measure of importance, then Isaac Abarbanel/Abravanel—the fascinating statesman and financier, polemicist and messianic theorist, exegete and philosopher-theologian—has certainly risen very high indeed in the study of medieval Jewish thought. Although never an obscure figure in modern scholarship, having already been the subject of several monographs and dozens of articles, the publication of three books in as many years moves …
Samuel Ibn Tibbon's Commentary on Ecclesiastes
Samuel Ibn Tibbon (c. 1165-1232) - the eminent translator, philosopher, and exegete - is most famous for his Hebrew translation of Maimonides' Guide of the Perplexed . However, he wrote original works as well, and laid the foundations for a distinctive philosophical-exegetical movement, what is today called 'Maimonideanism'. James T. Robinson's book includes a first English translation of Ibn Tibbon's commentary on Ecclesiastes, which was the fou…
Rabbi Jeruham b. Meshullam, Michael Scot, and the Development of Jewish Law in Fourteenth-Century Spain
One of the most mysterious and haunting of all medieval halakhic figures must certainly be the fourteenth-century sage Rabbi Jeruham b. Meshullam. During the sixteenth century, he was known as “Tamiri”—“the concealed one”—a moniker given to him by Joseph Karo's heavenly interlocutor, the Maggid. Years later, David Azulai, the eminent eighteenth-century rabbinic bibliographer, reported that “a number of Rabbis who had composed commentaries on his …
Samuel Ibn Tibbon's Peruš ha-Millot ha-Zarot and al-Fārābī's Eisagoge and Categories
Samuel Ibn Tibbon's Perus ha-Millot ha-Zarot was one of the most popular and widely used Jewish philosophical reference works during the Middle Ages and survives in more than 50 manuscripts. It was read both as a glossary to his Hebrew translation of the Guide of the Perplexed and as a general introduction to philosophy. The definitions that Ibn Tibbon provides, which range over the full curriculum of medieval philosophy and science, were not alw…
Reading Other People Reading Other People's Scripture
Research Article| September 01 2012 Reading Other People Reading Other People's Scripture: The Influence of Religious Polemic on Jewish Biblical Exegesis James T. Robinson James T. Robinson University of Chicago [email protected] James T. Robinson, PhD (2002) in NELC, Harvard University, is associate professor of the history of Judaism at The University of Chicago, The Divinity School. He has published extensively on medieval Jewish philosophy and…
In Memoriam
Medieval Jewish Philosophy and Its Literary Forms
Too often the study of philosophical texts is carried out in ways that do not pay significant attention to how the ideas contained within them are presented, articulated, and developed. This was not always the case. The contributors to this collected work consider Jewish philosophy in the medieval period, when new genres and forms of written expression were flourishing in the wake of renewed interest in ancient philosophy. Many medieval Jewish ph…
Philosophy (6 works) · Medieval and Classical Philosophy (5 works) · Theology (4 works) · Archaeology and Historical Studies (3 works) · Art (3 works) · Historical and Linguistic Studies (3 works) · Historical, Religious, and Philosophical Studies (3 works) · History (3 works) · Judaism (3 works) · Biblical Studies and Interpretation (2 works)