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>Jewish Thought in Byzantium in the Late Middle Ages
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Year:
2016
Catalog number :
45-005758
ISBN:
978-965-493-899-0
Pages:
554
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Jewish Thought in Byzantium in the Late Middle Ages

Synopsis
Various aspects of Medieval Jewish Philosophy still await exploration.One of them is late medieval thought in Byzantium. This book analyzes traditional topics like divine attributes, prophecy and psychology as well as unique phenomenon of the Byzantine area like the hesychastic polemics . The book covers also topics like Jewish Byzantine preaching, debates with Karaite theology and the thought of important figures such as Shemaria from Crete and Juda Mosconi.
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"Schwartz provides us in this lengthy tome with a philosophical survey of the major Byzantine Jewish rationalists from the 14th and 15th centuries. This volume is both an important contribution to medieval Jewish thought and a valuable introduction to the Romaniote savants whose works, many still in manuscript, have survived the vicissitudes of succeeding centuries."Judaica, Steven Bowman, November 2021.