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Author:   Adrian Sackson
Publisher:   Brill
Imprint:   Brill
Volume:   71
Weight:   0.716kg
ISBN:  

9789004338227

ISBN 10:   9004338225
Pages:   352
Publication Date:   27 July 2017
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Introduction: Joseph Ibn Kaspi: An Intellectual Portrait  Ibn Kaspi in Modern Research  A Classical Jewish Philosopher  A Note on Methodologies  Structure of This Study 1 A Hebrew Philosopher in Medieval Provence  Who was Joseph Ibn Kaspi?  What Did Joseph Ibn Kaspi Write? 2 (Jewish) Philosophy as a Way of Life: Joseph Ibn Kaspi’s Intellectual Project  Philosophy as a Way of Life: Hadot  Jewish Philosophy as a Way of Life  Intellection and Conjunction: Ibn Kaspi on Human Perfection  A Goal for the Elite  Ibn Kaspi on the Jewish Philosophical Life: Halakhah and Human Perfection  Halakhic Practice, Talmudic Learning, and the Pursuit of Philosophy  A Jewish-Philosophical Curriculum  Joseph Ibn Kaspi’s Intellectual Project 3 Joseph Ibn Kaspi as Interpreter of Maimonides and Maimonidean Interpreter  Secrecy and Exegesis: Esoteric Religion in Ibn Kaspi and Maimonides  Ibn Kaspi’s Commentaries on the Guide of the Perplexed  Judaism through two Maimonidean Lenses 4 The Republic in Hebrew: Ibn Kaspi and Platonic Political Thought  The Republic in Arabic  The Republic in Hebrew: Samuel ben Judah of Marseilles  Ibn Kaspi’s ‘Offering of Silver’: Its nature and purpose  Key Themes in Ibn Kaspi’s Summary of the Republic  Terumat ha-Kesef and Ibn Kaspi’s voice  Gender: A Platonic Approach  Conclusion: Platonic Political Reverberations 5 Rationalistic Messianism and the Vicissitudes of History  ‘The Silver is Spent’  Maimonidean Messianism  Ibn Kaspi’s Conception of History  Was Ibn Kaspi a ‘Proto-Zionist’?  Ibn Kaspi, Abulafia, Spinoza: Originality and Influence  Conclusions: Disarming the Messiah Conclusion Appendix 1: Joseph Ibn Kaspi, Terumat ha-Kesef: Summary of Plato’s Republic Appendix 2: Joseph Ibn Kaspi, Tam ha-Kesef, Eighth Discourse: Critical Edition and Annotated English Translation Bibliography Index

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Adrian Sackson, Ph.D. (2016), New York University, is a Teaching Fellow at Tel Aviv University and a Visiting Assistant Professor at Al Quds Bard College of Arts and Sciences. He has published articles on medieval Jewish philosophy and American Pragmatism.

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