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Esoteric and Exoteric Aspects in Judeo-Arabic Culture

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This volume contains selected, refereed papers from the ninth conference of the Society for Judaeo-Arabic Studies held at Emory University, Atlanta, in 1999. The title of this volume, Esoteric and Exoteric Aspects in Judeo-Arabic Culture highlights the theme running through many of the conference papers: the diversity and vitality of Judeo-Arabic culture. The volume represents the interdisciplinary nature of the field. There are articles on Jewish thought, philosophy and mysticism, language and linguistics, religious studies, intellectual and social history, law, biblical exegesis, and more. The book is an important contribution to our understanding of Judeo-Arabic society in the Middle Ages.

Title Esoteric and Exoteric Aspects in Judeo-Arabic Culture / edited by Benjamin Hary, Haggai Ben-Shammai.
Edition 1st ed.
Publisher Leiden
Boston : BRILL
Creation Date 2006
Notes International conference proceedings, Emory University, 1999.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
English
Content Intro -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- INTRODUCTION --- Benjamin Hary and Haggai Ben-Shammai -- PHILOSOPHIC MYSTICISM: THE ULTIMATE GOAL OF MEDIEVAL JUDAISM --- David R. Blumenthal -- A MYSTICAL COMMENTARY ON THE SONG OF SONGS IN THE HAND OF DAVID MAIMONIDES II --- Paul B. Fenton -- LOGISTICAL AND OTHER OTHERWORLDLY PROBLEMS IN SAADYA --- Steven Harvey -- JUDAH HALEVI ON ESCHATOLOGY AND MESSIANISM --- Daniel J. Lasker -- ITTISĀL AND THE AMR ILĀHĪ: DIVINE IMMANENCE AND THE WORLD TO COME IN THE KUZARI --- Diana Lobel -- BETWEEN HALAKHIC CODIFICATION AND ETHICAL COMMENTARY: RABBI ISRAEL ISRAELI OF TOLEDO ON INTENTION IN PRAYER --- Nahem Ilan -- BETROTHAL OF AN ADULT WOMAN BY AN AGENT IN GEONIC RESPONSA: LEGAL CONSTRUCTION IN ACCORD WITH ISLAMIC LAW --- Gideon Libson -- THE JUDEO-ARABIC VOCABULARY OF SAADYA'S BIBLE TRANSLATIONS AS A VEHICLE FOR ESCHATOLOGICAL MESSAGES: THE CASE OF SAADYA'S USAGE OF THE 8TH FORM OF ARABIC QDR --- Haggai Ben-Shammai -- LEXICOGRAPHY AND DIALECTOLOGY IN SPANISH MAQRE DARDEQE --- Benjamin H. Hary & -- María Ángeles Gallego -- AN EARLY KARAITE GRAMMATICAL TREATISE --- Geoffrey Khan -- JEWS IN CHANGING EMPIRES OF MEDIEVAL ISLAM: NOT ONLY ESCHATOLOGY AND MESSIANISM --- Menahem Ben-Sasson -- RELATIONS BETWEEN NESI'IM AND EXILARCHS: COMPETITION OR COOPERATION? --- Arnold Franklin -- GENERAL INDEX -- INDEX OF NAMES.
Series Études sur le judaïsme médiéval
33
Extent 1 online resource (xi, 338 pages)
Language English
National Library system number 997010710966805171
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