Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Preface v
3. Contents vii
4. Aspects of the Historical Background of Jewish Life in Medieval Egypt 1
5. Esau as Symbol in Early Medieval Thought 19
6. Le Problème de l'Unité de Dieu d'après Dāwūd ibn Marwān al-Muqammiṣ 49
7. Saadia's List of Theories of the Soul 75
8. Some Non-Halakic Aspects of the Mishneh Torah 95
9. Maimonides' “Thirteen Principles” 119
10. Abraham Maimonides and his Pietist Circle 145
11. Yedaiah Bedershi‘s Apology 165
12. Isaac Ibn Lațif— Philosopher or Kabbalist? 185
13. Moses Narboni‘s “Epistle on Shi‘ur Qomā” 225
14. Greek into Hebrew: Samuel ben Judah of Marseilles, Fourteenth-Century Philosopher and Translator 289
15. The Rise of Art Music in the Italian Ghetto 321
16. INDEXES 365