Perspectives on Jewish Thought and Mysticism

Alfred L. Ivry, Elliot R. Wolfson, Allan Arkush

Preface, Alfred L. Ivry; List of Contributors; Part 01 I: Introductory Essays; Section 01 Chapter 1 Bibliography of the Published Writings of Alexander Altmann; Section 01 ManfredAltman; Section 02 Chapter 2 History of the Institute of Jewish Studies During its First 40 Years 1954–1994; Section 02 The Editors; Section 03 Chapter 3 Jewish Scholarship as a Vocation; Section 03 Paul Mendes-Flohr; Part 02 II: Medieval Jewish Philosophy; Section 04 Chapter 4 Rabbi Simlai’s Saying and Beliefs Concerning God; Section 04 Arthur Hyman; Section 05 Chapter 5 The Logical and Scientific Premises of Maimonides’ Thought; Section 05 Alfred L. Ivry; Section 06 Chapter 6 Maimonides on Women: Formless Matter or Potential Prophet?; Section 06 Abraham Melamed; Section 07 Chapter 7 On the Limited-Omniscience Interpretation of Gersonides’ Theory of Divine Knowledge; Section 07 Charles H. Manekin; Section 08 Chapter 8 Gersonides on the Mode of Communicating Knowledge of the Future to the Dreamer and Clairvoyant; Section 08 Sara Klein-Braslavy; Section 09 Chapter 9 Some Observations on Ma ’aseh Nissim by R. Nissim of Marseilles; Section 09 Howard Kreisel; Section 10 Chapter 10 Prophecy and Perception in Isaac Abravanel; Section 10 Seymour Feldman; Section 11 Chapter 11 Les lettres hébraïques, leur existence idéale et matérielle; Section 11 Colette Sirat; Part 03 III: Medieval Jewish Mysticism; Section 12 Chapter 12 Samael and the Problem of Jewish Gnosticism; Section 12 Joseph Dan; Section 13 Chapter 13 Some Remarks on Rabbi Moses Cordovero’s Shemu ’ah be-‘Inyan ha-Gilgul; Section 13 Bracha Sack; Section 14 Chapter 14 Abulafia’s Secrets of the Guide: A Linguistic Türn; Section 14 Moshe Idel; Section 15 Chapter 15 Mystical Rationalization of the Commandments in the Prophetic Kabbalah of Abraham Abulafia; Section 15 Elliot R.Wolfson; Section 16 Chapter 16 Contemporary Habad and the Paradox of Redemption; Section 16 Naftali Loewenthal; Part 04 IV: Modern Jewish Thought; Section 17 Chapter 17 Mendelssohn’s Heavenly Politics; Section 17 Warren Zev Harvey; Section 18 Chapter 18 Kant’s View of Mendelssohn; Section 18 Allan Arkush; Section 19 Chapter 19 Maimonides and Mendelssohn on the Origins of Idolatry, the Election of Israel, and the Oral Law; Section 19 Lawrence Kaplan; Section 20 Chapter 20 Ideological Differences Over the Status of the Kehilla: The Jewish Community in the Age of Emancipation; Section 20 Jacob Katz; Section 21 Chapter 21 Moses Mendelssohn and European Enlightenment; Section 21 Eva J. Engel; Section 22 Chapter 22 Alexander Altmann as a Theologian; Section 22 David Novak; Index;