Kapitel in diesem Buch

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Introduction 1
4. Part One. An Intellectual Portrait
5. 1. Honoratus de Bonafide, olim vocatus Profayt Duran, judeus 13
6. 2. Scientific Transmission Outside the University 37
7. 3. Efodi: The Commentary on the Guide of the Perplexed 51
8. 4. Philosophical Eclecticism 64
9. Part Two. Science and Jewish Identity
10. 5. Jewish Astronomy: Between Maimonides and Gersonides 81
11. 6. A Jewish Cosmos: Number and Speech 92
12. 7. Astronomy and Jewish Identity: Ḥeshev ha- Efod 104
13. 8. Rationalist Polemics: Al tehi ka- avotekha 115
14. 9. History and Religion: Kelimat ha- goyim 129
15. Part Three. The Efod Atones for Idolatry
16. 10. The Inner Life: Eulogy for Abraham ha- Levi of Girona 143
17. 11. The True Wisdom of the Torah: Ma‘aseh Efod 161
18. 12. Sigil and Segulah: Magical Elements in Ma‘aseh Efod 182
19. Conclusion 205
20. Appendix: The Extant Works of Profayt Duran 213
21. Notes 219
22. Bibliography 267
23. Index 303
24. Acknowledgments 313