First Published in 1998. Proceedings of the International Conference held by The Institute of Jewish Studies, University College London, 1994, in Celebration of its Fortieth Anniversary. Dedicated to the memory and academic legacy of its Founder Alexander Altmann
Recenzijas
" A valuable and complete bibliography of Altermann's extensive publications, enhances the worth of this commendable volume."
Preface, Alfred L. Ivry; List of Contributors; Part 01 I: Introductory
Essays; Section 01
Chapter 1 Bibliography of the Published Writings of
Alexander Altmann; Section 01 ManfredAltman; Section 02
Chapter 2 History of
the Institute of Jewish Studies During its First 40 Years 19541994; Section
02 The Editors; Section 03
Chapter 3 Jewish Scholarship as a Vocation;
Section 03 Paul Mendes-Flohr; Part 02 II: Medieval Jewish Philosophy; Section
04
Chapter 4 Rabbi Simlais Saying and Beliefs Concerning God; Section 04
Arthur Hyman; Section 05
Chapter 5 The Logical and Scientific Premises of
Maimonides Thought; Section 05 Alfred L. Ivry; Section 06
Chapter 6
Maimonides on Women: Formless Matter or Potential Prophet?; Section 06
Abraham Melamed; Section 07
Chapter 7 On the Limited-Omniscience
Interpretation of Gersonides Theory of Divine Knowledge; Section 07 Charles
H. Manekin; Section 08
Chapter 8 Gersonides on the Mode of Communicating
Knowledge of the Future to the Dreamer and Clairvoyant; Section 08 Sara
Klein-Braslavy; Section 09
Chapter 9 Some Observations on Ma aseh Nissim by
R. Nissim of Marseilles; Section 09 Howard Kreisel; Section 10
Chapter 10
Prophecy and Perception in Isaac Abravanel; Section 10 Seymour Feldman;
Section 11
Chapter 11 Les lettres hébraļques, leur existence idéale et
matérielle; Section 11 Colette Sirat; Part 03 III: Medieval Jewish Mysticism;
Section 12
Chapter 12 Samael and the Problem of Jewish Gnosticism; Section 12
Joseph Dan; Section 13
Chapter 13 Some Remarks on Rabbi Moses Cordoveros
Shemu ah be-Inyan ha-Gilgul; Section 13 Bracha Sack; Section 14
Chapter 14
Abulafias Secrets of the Guide: A Linguistic Türn; Section 14 Moshe Idel;
Section 15
Chapter 15 Mystical Rationalization of the Commandments in the
Prophetic Kabbalah of Abraham Abulafia; Section 15 Elliot R.Wolfson; Section
16
Chapter 16 Contemporary Habad and the Paradox of Redemption; Section 16
Naftali Loewenthal; Part 04 IV: Modern Jewish Thought; Section 17
Chapter 17
Mendelssohns Heavenly Politics; Section 17 Warren Zev Harvey; Section 18
Chapter 18 Kants View of Mendelssohn; Section 18 Allan Arkush; Section 19
Chapter 19 Maimonides and Mendelssohn on the Origins of Idolatry, the
Election of Israel, and the Oral Law; Section 19 Lawrence Kaplan; Section 20
Chapter 20 Ideological Differences Over the Status of the Kehilla: The Jewish
Community in the Age of Emancipation; Section 20 Jacob Katz; Section 21
Chapter 21 Moses Mendelssohn and European Enlightenment; Section 21 Eva J.
Engel; Section 22
Chapter 22 Alexander Altmann as a Theologian; Section 22
David Novak; Index;
Alfred L. Ivry, Elliot R. Wolfson, Allan Arkush