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Polemical and Exegetical Polarities in Medieval Jewish Cultures
Studies in Honour of Daniel J. Lasker
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Edited by:
Ehud Krinis
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English, Hebrew
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2021
About this book
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.
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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Acknowledgement
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Contents
IX - I On Daniel J. Lasker and his Scholarship
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Prof. Daniel J. Lasker – Scholar, Teacher, and Friend
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Daniel J. Lasker and His Treatment of Jewish Polemics
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List of Publications
19 - II Jewish Polemics and Exegesis in the Islamicate World
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Polemical Logic: Al-Muqammaṣ’s Refutation of Christianity
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The Role of Gog in Daniel al-Qūmisī’s Eschatology
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Theological Consideration of the Gift of the Land and the Radical Treatment of the “Seven Nations” in Medieval Judeo-Arabic Exegesis
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Epistemology in the Service of Polemic: Yūsuf al-Baṣīr’s Kitāb al-Istiʿānah: Text and Translation
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Maimonides on the Status of Judaism
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Abraham Maimonides on Reclaiming Judaism’s Lost “Perfection” from the “Imperfection” of Islam
165 - III Jewish and Anti-Jewish Polemic and Exegesis in the Christian World
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Abraham bar Ḥiyya (d. ca. 1136) on “The Pure Soul”
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Asmakhtaʾ and Abraham ibn Ezra’s Exegesis
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The Finding of the “True Cross” in Judah Hadassi’s Eškol ha-Kofer and the Polemical Parody Toledot Yešu
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The Book of Nestor the Priest and the Toledot Yešu in the Polemics of Abner of Burgos/Alfonso of Valladolid
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Rashi on Isaiah 53: Exegetical Judgment or Response to the Crusade?
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“The Best of Snakes. . .”: A Polemical Midrash in the Rashi Supercommentary Tradition
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The Discussion of the Messiah in Crescas’s Refutation
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Joshua Ha-Lorki on the Meaning of Emunah: Between Religion and Faith
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Jewish Anti-Semites: The Case of Medieval Apostates
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Daniel in the Lions’ Den: Jewish-Christian Polemics in Medieval Text and Image
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Understanding the Uneven Reception of Rabbenu Tam’s Taqqanot
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Ritual Imagery Gone Wrong: A Fifteenth-Century Siddur in a Christian Workshop
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Transliteration Charts
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Index of Names
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eBook published on:
October 25, 2021
eBook ISBN:
9783110702262
Hardcover published on:
October 25, 2021
Hardcover ISBN:
9783110700626
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Front matter:
12
Main content:
513
Coloured Illustrations:
22
Audience(s) for this book
Scholars of medieval and early modern biblical exegesis and medieval and early modern religious polemics.
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