Activities and Events

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Contents V
3. Editorial VII
4. Part I: Articles
5. Quaestio sceptica disputata de philosophia judaeorum: Is there a Jewish Philosophy? 3
6. Scepticism, Critique, and the Art of Writing: Preliminary Considerations on the Question of Textual Authority in Medieval Peshaṭ Exegesis 15
7. Sceptical Elements in a Dogmatic Stance: Isaac Polqar against Kabbalah 47
8. Apologetic, Empiricism, and Sceptical Strategies in Simone Luzzatto 67
9. Spinoza’s Miracles: Scepticism, Dogmatism, and Critical Hermeneutics 89
10. Political Scepticism, Moral Scepticism, and the Scope and Limits of Toleration in John Locke 109
11. Jewish Scepticism in Christian Eyes: Jacob F. Reimmann and the Transformation of Jewish Philosophy 145
12. Reidian Common Sense: An Antidote to Scepticism? 165
13. The Ground Floor of Judaism: Scepticism and Certainty in Moses Mendelssohn’s Jerusalem 179
14. Abraham Geiger—skeptischer Pionier einer Glaubenslehre des Reformjudentums? 207
15. Are Karaites Sceptics? The Jewish Perception of Karaism in Nineteenth Century Italy 231
16. Anarchic Scepticism: Language, Mysticism and Revolution in Gustav Landauer 251
17. Part II Reports
18. Activities and Events 275
19. Report on the International Conference on Abraham Abulafia and the Early Maimonideans: Trends, Approaches, and Sceptical Strategies (March 12–15, 2018) 307
20. Report on the Library of Jewish Scepticism 319