Yearbook of the Maimonides Centre for Advanced Studies. / 2018 / / Bill Rebiger.

• Author: Rebiger, Bill
• TeilnehmendeR: Rebiger, Bill,
• Place / Publishing House: Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter, , [2018]; ©2019
• Year of Publication: 2019; 2018
• Language: English
• Series: Yearbook of the Maimonides Centre for Advanced Studies ; 2018
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (330 p.)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.

The Yearbook mirrors the annual activities of staff and visiting fellows of the Maimonides Centre and reports on symposia, workshops, and lectures taking place at the Centre. Although aimed at a wider audience, the yearbook also contains academic articles and book reviews on scepticism in Judaism and scepticism in general. Staff, visiting fellows, and other international scholars are invited to contribute.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Editorial -- Part I: Articles -- Quaestio sceptica disputata de philosophia judaeorum: Is there a Jewish Philosophy? / Westerkamp, Dirk -- Scepticism, Critique, and the Art of Writing: Preliminary Considerations on the Question of Textual Authority in Medieval Peshaṭ Exegesis / Liss, Hanna -- Sceptical Elements in a Dogmatic Stance: Isaac Polqar against Kabbalah / Rebiger, Bill -- Apologetic, Empiricism, and Sceptical Strategies in Simone Luzzatto / Veltri, Giuseppe -- Spinoza's Miracles: Scepticism, Dogmatism, and Critical Hermeneutics / Schechter, Oded -- Political Scepticism, Moral Scepticism, and the Scope and Limits of Toleration in John Locke / Lucci, Diego -- Jewish Scepticism in Christian Eyes: Jacob F. Reimmann and the Transformation of Jewish Philosophy / Bartolucci, Guido -- Reidian Common Sense: An Antidote to Scepticism? / Lang, Lukas -- The Ground Floor of Judaism: Scepticism and Certainty in Moses Mendelssohn's Jerusalem / Strauss, Ze'ev -- Abraham Geiger-skeptischer Pionier einer Glaubenslehre des Reformjudentums? / Brämer, Andreas -- Are Karaites Sceptics? The Jewish Perception of Karaism in Nineteenth Century Italy / Salah, Asher -- Anarchic Scepticism: Language, Mysticism and Revolution in Gustav Landauer / Pisano, Libera -- Part II Reports -- Activities and Events / Vogt, Katja Maria -- Report on the International Conference on Abraham Abulafia and the Early Maimonideans: Trends, Approaches, and Sceptical Strategies (March 12-15, 2018) / Meyrav, Yoav -- Report on the Library of Jewish Scepticism / Schaeper, Silke