A Twelfth-Century Provençal Amateur of Neoplatonic Philosophy in Hebrew : R. Asher b. Meshullam of Lunel
A Twelfth-Century Provençal Amateur of Neoplatonic Philosophy in Hebrew : R. Asher b. Meshullam of Lunel
Author(s): Gad FreudentahlSubject(s): Philosophy, Social Philosophy
Published by: EDITURA POLIROM S.A.
Keywords: Neoplatonic Philosophy in Hebrew; Hebrew; Berakhot tractate; metaphysical, cosmological;
Summary/Abstract: Beside the assimilation of the Greek and Arabic philosophical elements by the Latin West we can also identify an analogous process: the interaction between the Greek and Arabic culture with the Jewish thought. The present paper will focus its content on a forgotten figure that emerged in the medieval Jewish tradition, Rabbi Asher b. Meshullam. Along with a translation from his Commentary on the Berakhot tractate we can find a useful account of the terminology, metaphysical, cosmological, epistemological ideas that can be tracked in that commentary.
Journal: Chôra. Revue d'études anciennes et médiévales
- Issue Year: 2005
- Issue No: 3-4
- Page Range: 161-188
- Page Count: 28
- Language: English
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