Syllabus

FAITH & PHIL. IN JEWISH THOUGHT & SCHOLASTICISM -

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Last update 07-08-2019

HU Credits: 2

Degree/Cycle: 2nd degree (Master)

Responsible Department: Jewish Thought

Academic year: 0

Semester: 1st Semester

Teaching Languages: Hebrew

Campus: Mt. Scopus

Course/Module Coordinator: Caterina Rigo

Coordinator Email: caterina.rigo@mail.huji.ac.il

Coordinator Office Hours: By appointment

Teaching Staff:
Dr. Caterina Rigo

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Course/Module description:
The seminar will examine a wide range of texts of Jewish philosophers and
Christian Scholastics between the 12th and the 14th century that deal with the
relationship between faith and reason.

Course/Module aims:
The main aim of the seminar is to provide students with an overview of the
relationship between faith and reason in Jewish thought and Latin Scholasticism in
the Middle Ages by a close reading of primary texts.

Learning outcomes - On successful completion of this module, students should be

able to:
- Know the main concepts of the relationships between faith and reason in Jewish
thought and Latin Scholasticism in the 12th-14th centuries
- Gain a basic acquaintance with the interactions between Jewish thought and Latin
Scholasticism between the 12th and the 14th century
- Know the main literary genres in Latin Scholasticism
- Gain ability to read and analyze texts of Jewish philosopher and Christian
Scholastics that deal which the issues (or with similar issues) discussed in the
seminar

Attendance requirements(%):
80%

Teaching arrangement and method of instruction: lectures, close reading of

sources, and students oral presentations

Course/Module Content:
We will discuss several issues such as:
- The conception of metaphysics
- Theology as science in Latin Scholasticism
- The possibilities of philosophy
- The limits of human knowledge
- The critique of philosophy in Jewish thought and Latin Scholasticism
- The conception of prophecy in Jewish thought and Latin Scholasticism
- The influence of Maimonides on Latin Scholasticism in the 13th and 14th centuries
- The influence of Latin Scholasticism on Jewish thought in the 13th and 14th
centuries

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We will read selected sources such as:
- Maimonides
- Maimonidean Controversy
- Jacob Anatoli
- Shem Tov ibn Falaquera
- Hillel of Verona
- Isaac Albalag
- Joseph Albo
- Petrus Abelardus
- Albertus Magnus
-Thomas Aquinas
- Bonaventura
- The Condemnations at the University of Paris (1210, 1241, 1270, and 1277)
- Siger of Brabant
- Boethius of Dacia

Required Reading:
All material (primary sources and relevant literature) will be made available during
the seminar

Additional Reading Material:

General bibliography (Background)

:‫ בתוך‬,"‫ "הסכולאסטיקה שאחרי תומאס אקווינאס ומשנתם של חסדאי קרשקש ושל קודמיו‬,‫ ש' פינס‬-
B38 P55 547 BM .178-262 '‫ עמ‬,‫ ירושלים תשל"ז‬,‫ בין מחשבת ישראל למחשבת העמים‬,‫הנ"ל‬
E34 765 B .‫ תל אביב תשס"ב‬,‫ מייסטר אקהרט קורא במורה הנבוכים‬. ".. . .‫ "לך דומיה‬,‫ י' שורץ‬-
S38
B*.‫אביב תשנ"ט‬-‫ תל‬,‫ בין תאולוגיה לפילוסופיה בימי הביניים‬: ‫ מהמנזר אל האוניברסיטה‬+ ,‫ י' שורץ‬-
721 S83
- M.-D. Chenu, Nature, Man, and Society in the Twelfth Century: Essays on New
Theological Perspectives in the Latin West, Chicago 1968. BT 26 C513
- E. Gilson, History of Christian Philosophy in the Middle Ages, New York 1955. B 72
G48
- E. Gilson, Reason and Revelation in the Middle Ages, New York 1938. B 721 G53
- S.D. Goitein (ed.), Religion in a Religious Age, Cambridge, Mass. 1974. BM 180
R44A
- Hyman-J.J. Walsh (eds.), Philosophy in the Middle-Ages: The Christian, Islamic and
Jewish Traditions, New York 1963. B 721 H85 / B 720 P55 1983
- N. Kretzmann-A. Kenny-J. Pinborg (eds.), The Cambridge History of Later Medieval
Philosophy, Cambridge 1982. B 721 E35
- R. Lerner-M. Mahdi (eds.), Medieval Political Philosophy, New York 1963. BM 180
R44

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 Course/Module evaluation:
End of year written/oral examination 0 %
Presentation 0 %
Participation in Tutorials 0 %
Project work 100 %
Assignments 0 %
Reports 0 %
Research project 0 %
Quizzes 0 %
Other 0 %

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