ISBN:
9789047442271
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (xvi, 296 pages)
Year of publication:
2008
Series Statement:
Supplements to The journal of Jewish thought and philosophy v. 4
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als From Judah Hadassi to Elijah Bashyatchi: Studies in Late Medieval Karaite Philosophy
Keywords:
Hadassi, Judah ben Elijah
;
Bashyatsi, Eliyahu
;
Karaites
;
Karaite philosophy
;
Philosophy, Medieval
;
Jewish philosophy
Abstract:
Preliminary Material /Daniel J. Lasker -- Karaism and Karaite Philosophy /Daniel J. Lasker -- Karaite Attitudes towards Religion and Science /Daniel J. Lasker -- Karaite Philosophy in the Classical Period /Daniel J. Lasker -- Judah Hadassi /Daniel J. Lasker -- Aaron ben Joseph /Daniel J. Lasker -- Aaron ben Elijah /Daniel J. Lasker -- Elijah Bashyatchi /Daniel J. Lasker -- Karaites in Spain /Daniel J. Lasker -- Judah Halevi and Karaism /Daniel J. Lasker -- Maimonides and Karaism-Mutual Influences /Daniel J. Lasker -- Karaism and the Jewish-Christian Debate /Daniel J. Lasker -- The Theory of Compensation ('Iwad) in Rabbanite and Karaite Thought: Animal Sacrifices, Ritual Slaughter, and Circumcision /Daniel J. Lasker -- The Prophecy of Abraham in Karaite Thought /Daniel J. Lasker -- Jerusalem in Later Karaite Thought /Daniel J. Lasker -- Afterlife and Eschatology /Daniel J. Lasker -- Into the Modern Period /Daniel J. Lasker -- Bibliography /Daniel J. Lasker -- Index /Daniel J. Lasker.
Abstract:
The present study is a pioneering account of the development of late medieval Karaite Jewish thought, challenging the oft-repeated assertion that Karaite thinkers remained loyal to Kalām, the dominant theological philosophy during the earlier Golden Age of Karaism. A careful reading of Karaite sources demonstrates that the watershed figure whose influence led to changes in Karaite thought was the Rabbanite Maimonides, whose attacks on the Kalām had revealed its scientific shortcomings. This book discusses major Karaite thinkers from the twelfth to sixteenth centuries, as well as the central themes in their writings. It also outlines the impact of Karaism on the dominant Rabbanite Jews and their major thinkers, especially Maimonides. It should be of interest to all those who study medieval philosophy, intellectual history, Judaism and sectarianism
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [273]-289) and index
DOI:
10.1163/9789047442271
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