Polemical and Exegetical Polarities in Medieval Jewish Cultures: Studies in Honour of Daniel J. Lasker

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Polemical and Exegetical Polarities in Medieval Jewish Cultures

Studies in Honour of Daniel J. Lasker

Edited by: Ehud Krinis , Nabih Bashir , Sara Offenberg and Shalom Sadik

Languages: English, Hebrew

Published/Copyright: 2021

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Volume 113 | Studia Judaica

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In his academic career, that by now spans six decades, Daniel J. Lasker distinguished himself by the wide range of his scholarly interests. In the field of Jewish theology and philosophy he contributed significantly to the study of Rabbinic as well as Karaite authors. In the field of Jewish polemics his studies explore Judeo-Arabic and Hebrew texts, analyzing them in the context of their Christian and Muslim backgrounds. His contributions refer to a wide variety of authors who lived from the 9th century to the 18th century and beyond, in the Muslim East, in Muslin and Christian parts of the Mediterranean Sea, and in west and east Europe.
This Festschrift for Daniel J. Lasker consists of four parts. The first highlights his academic career and scholarly achievements. In the three other parts, colleagues and students of Daniel J. Lasker offer their own findings and insights in topics strongly connected to his studies, namely, intersections of Jewish theology and Biblical exegesis with the Islamic and Christian cultures, as well as Jewish-Muslim and Jewish-Christian relations. Thus, this wide-scoped and rich volume offers significant contributions to a variety of topics in Jewish Studies.

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Ehud Krinis, Sara Offenberg, and Shalom Sadik, Beer Sheva, and Nabih Bashir, Kafr Kara, Israel.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	I
Acknowledgement Publicly Available Download PDF	VII
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	IX
I On Daniel J. Lasker and his Scholarship
Prof. Daniel J. Lasker – Scholar, Teacher, and Friend Howard Kreisel Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	1
Daniel J. Lasker and His Treatment of Jewish Polemics Shalom Sadik Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	9
List of Publications Daniel J. Lasker Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	19
II Jewish Polemics and Exegesis in the Islamicate World
Polemical Logic: Al-Muqammaṣ’s Refutation of Christianity Sarah Stroumsa Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	37
The Role of Gog in Daniel al-Qūmisī’s Eschatology Barry Dov Walfish and Meira Polliack Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	59
Theological Consideration of the Gift of the Land and the Radical Treatment of the “Seven Nations” in Medieval Judeo-Arabic Exegesis Haggai Ben-Shammai Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	77
Epistemology in the Service of Polemic: Yūsuf al-Baṣīr’s Kitāb al-Istiʿānah: Text and Translation David Sklare Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	97
Maimonides on the Status of Judaism Matanel Bareli and Menachem Kellner Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	135
Abraham Maimonides on Reclaiming Judaism’s Lost “Perfection” from the “Imperfection” of Islam Mordechai Akiva Friedman Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	165
III Jewish and Anti-Jewish Polemic and Exegesis in the Christian World
Abraham bar Ḥiyya (d. ca. 1136) on “The Pure Soul” Ehud Krinis Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	201
Asmakhtaʾ and Abraham ibn Ezra’s Exegesis Martin Lockshin Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	229
The Finding of the “True Cross” in Judah Hadassi’s Eškol ha-Kofer and the Polemical Parody Toledot Yešu Miriam Goldstein Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	251
The Book of Nestor the Priest and the Toledot Yešu in the Polemics of Abner of Burgos/Alfonso of Valladolid Ryan Szpiech Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	269
Rashi on Isaiah 53: Exegetical Judgment or Response to the Crusade? David Berger Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	301
“The Best of Snakes. . .”: A Polemical Midrash in the Rashi Supercommentary Tradition Eric Lawee Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	317
The Discussion of the Messiah in Crescas’s Refutation Warren Zev Harvey Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	347
Joshua Ha-Lorki on the Meaning of Emunah: Between Religion and Faith Yosi Yisraeli Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	363
Jewish Anti-Semites: The Case of Medieval Apostates Shalom Sadik Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	383
Daniel in the Lions’ Den: Jewish-Christian Polemics in Medieval Text and Image Sara Offenberg Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	413
IV Jewish-Jewish and Jewish-Christian Relations
Understanding the Uneven Reception of Rabbenu Tam’s Taqqanot Ephraim Kanarfogel Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	437
Ritual Imagery Gone Wrong: A Fifteenth-Century Siddur in a Christian Workshop Katrin Kogman-Appel Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	467
Transliteration Charts Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	507
Index of Names Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	509

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October 25, 2021

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9783110702262

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October 25, 2021

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9783110700626

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12

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513

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22

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Exegesis; Polemics; Jewish Studies

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Scholars of medieval and early modern biblical exegesis and medieval and early modern religious polemics.

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