Beyond the Scope of Philosophy and Kabbalah
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3330622 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Tzahi Wei (0000-0002-6601-6334, Open University of Israel, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 12 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 160 |
| Publication date | 2021-02-28 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Religions (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2077-1444 • E-ISSN: 2077-1444 |
| Publisher | MDPI AG (PUBLISHER • IT) |
| DOI | 10.3390/rel12030160 |
| OpenAlex | W3134393583 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 19 |
The turn of the thirteenth century is a formative period for the historiography of medieval Jewish thought. These years saw the dissemination of the Hebrew translations of the Maimonidean corpus, alongside the simultaneous appearance of the first Kabbalistic treatises, in the same geographical regions. This concurrent appearance led scholars to examine Jewish theological discourse mainly via two juxtaposed categories: "Philosophy" and "Kabbalah". In this paper, I will return to that formative moment in order to demonstrate that exploring Jewish history of ideas beyond the scope of these categories could be very advantageous in improving our understanding of both categories and the Jewish theological inner-dynamics in this period as a whole. I will draw attention to a contemporary theological attitude, which is neither Kabbalistic nor philosophical, which I will define as a medieval form of Jewish binitarianism. My argument in this paper will be composed of two parts-first, outlining the nature of this medieval Jewish theological trend, and second, showing how a precise definition of this belief within its context alters crucial notions and understandings in the common scholarly historiography of medieval Jewish thought
Aesthetics · Art · Epistemology · Formative assessment · Hebrew · Historiography · Jewish history · Jewish literature · Jewish studies · Jewish thought · Judaism · Kabbalah · Literature · Sociology · Theology · Biblical Studies and Interpretation · Classics · History · Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies · Medieval and Classical Philosophy · Philosophy
Kabbalah
The Jewish Jesus
The Jewish Jesus
Prayers to Angels and the Early Sefirotic Literature
The Boundaries of Divine Ontology
Form(s) of god
Knowledge of God and the Development of Early Kabbalah
God, the Demiurge and the Intellect
Studies in Religious Philosophy and Mysticism
Isaac the Blind's Letter and the History of Early Kabbalah
The Pre-Existent Angel of the Magharians and al-Nahāwandī
The letter of Isaac the Blind to Nahmanides and Jonah Gerondi in its historical context
| Unique citing works | 1 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,2 |
| Citation span | 2021 - 2021 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |