Philosophical Homiletics: Value Concepts of Jewish Tradition and Thought, part I: Torah and Mitzvah in Ancient and Medieval Jewish Thought - Einzelansicht

We will follow the emergence of Jewish philosophy and hermeneutical thought through the approaches to the notions of two major building-stones of Judaism: Torah and Mitzvah. Grounded in the Bible, and dynamically developed throughout the various directions of Jewish thought, these notions serve as grounding value-concepts of Jewish life and hermeneutics. The course will introduce: Biblical thought, Hellenistic hermeneutics (Philo), ancient Jewish mysticism (The book Yetzirah and the Merkabah literature), and major representatives of mediaeval Jewish philosophy (Halevy and Maimonides).

This semestrial course will be followed in WS27 by the course: Philosophical

Homiletics: Value-Concepts of Jewish Tradition and Thought (II) – Revelation and Teshuvah in modern and contemporary Jewish Thought

Oral Exam