Esoteric and Exoteric Aspects in Judeo-Arabic Culture

✍ Scribed by Benjamin H. Hary, Haggai Ben-Shammai

• Publisher: Brill
• Year: 2006
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 353
• Series: Etudes sur le Judaïsme Médiéval
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

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.

✦ Table of Contents

Cover......Page 1
Title Page......Page 4
Copyright......Page 5
Contents......Page 6
Introduction......Page 8
Philosophic Mysticism: The Ultimate Goal of Medieval Judaism......Page 14
A Mystical Commentary on the Song of Songs in the Hand of David Maimonides II......Page 32
Logistical and Other Otherworldly Problems in Saadya......Page 68
Judah Halevi on Eschatology and Messianism......Page 98
Ittisal and the Amr Ilahi: Divine Immanence and the World to Come in the Kuzari......Page 120
Between Halakhic Codification and Ethical Commentary: Rabbi Israel Israeli of Toledo on Intention in Prayer......Page 144
Betrothal of an Adult Woman by an Agent in Geonic Responsa: Legal Construction in Accord with Islamic Law......Page 188
The Judeo-Arabic Vocabulary of Saadya’s Bible Translations as a Vehicle for Eschatological Messages: The Case of Saadya’s of the 8th Form of Arabic QDR......Page 204
Lexicography and Dialectology in Spanish Maqre Dardeqe......Page 240
An Early Karaite Grammatical Treatise......Page 270
Jews in Changing Empires of Medieval Islam: Not Only Eschatology and Messianism......Page 292
Relations Between Nesi’im and Exilarchs: Competition or Cooperation?......Page 314
General Index......Page 336
Index of Names......Page 346