Metaphor and Imagination in Medieval Jewish Thought - Dianna Lynn Roberts-Zauderer

Metaphor and Imagination in Medieval Jewish Thought

Moses ibn Ezra, Judah Halevi, Moses Maimonides, and Shem Tov ibn Falaquera
Buch | Softcover
XI, 268 Seiten
2020 | 1st ed. 2019
Springer International Publishing (Verlag)
978-3-030-29424-3 (ISBN)
90,94 inkl. MwSt

This book reveals how Moses ibn Ezra, Judah Halevi, Moses Maimonides, and Shem Tov ibn Falaquera understood metaphor and imagination, and their role in the way human beings describe God. It demonstrates how these medieval Jewish thinkers engaged with Arabic-Aristotelian psychology, specifically with regard to imagination and its role in cognition. Dianna Lynn Roberts-Zauderer reconstructs the process by which metaphoric language is taken up by the imagination and the role of imagination in rational thought. If imagination is a necessary component of thinking, how is Maimonides' idea of pure intellectual thought possible? An examination of select passages in the Guide, in both Judeo-Arabic and translation, shows how Maimonides' attitude towards imagination develops, and how translations contribute to a bifurcation of reason and imagination that does not acknowledge the nuances of the original text. Finally, the author shows how Falaquera's poetics forges a new direction for thinking about imagination. 


lt;p>Dianna Lynn Roberts-Zauderer holds a PhD in Religion and Jewish studies from the University of Toronto, Canada. She has previously worked as a radio documentary producer, journalist, and Shoah Foundation interviewer.


1. Introduction.- 2. "Human Language": Classifying Metaphor in Jewish Sources.- 3. "Taste and See": Imagination and Intellect.- 4. Transmission.- 5. Shem Tov ibn Falaquera and the Iberian 'Afterlife' of Maimonides' Guide.- 6. "No Share in Poetry:" The Ethics of Figurative Language.- 7. Afterword.

Erscheinungsdatum
Zusatzinfo XI, 268 p.
Verlagsort Cham
Sprache englisch
Maße 148 x 210 mm
Gewicht 368 g
Themenwelt Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Philosophie des Mittelalters
Schlagworte Andalus • Andalusi • Andalusī • Aristotle • Biblical Poetics • Maimonides • medieval thought
ISBN-10 3-030-29424-2 / 3030294242
ISBN-13 978-3-030-29424-3 / 9783030294243
Zustand Neuware
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