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Messianism in Medieval Jewish Thought

By Dov Schwartz

Book information

Publisher
Academic Studies Press
Year
2017
ISBN
9781618115706
DOI
10.1515/9781618115706
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
1 MB (1548473 bytes)
Pages
288\287
Library
degruyter.com
Time added
2023-08-26 17:13:56

Description

How did medieval Jewish scholars, from Saadia Gaon to Yitzhak Abravanel, imagine a world that has experienced salvation? What is the nature of reality in the days of the Messiah? This work explores reactions to the seductive promises of apocalyptic teachings, tracing their fluctuations between intellect and imagination. The volume extensively surveys the tension between naturalistic and apocalyptic approaches to the history of the messianic idea so fundamental to the history of Jewish philosophy in the Middle Ages and reveals the scope and challenges of medieval thought.

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