Expressions of Sceptical Topoi in (Late) Antique Judaism

1. Auflage 2025
ISBN: 978-3-11-067144-5
Verlag: De Gruyter

Buch, Englisch, 164 Seiten, Format (B × H): 175 mm x 246 mm, Gewicht: 511 g

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Scepticism has been the driving force in the development of Greco-Roman culture in the past, and the impetus for far-reaching scientific achievements and philosophical investigation. Early Jewish culture, in contrast, avoided creating consistent representations of its philosophical doctrines. Sceptical notions can nevertheless be found in some early Jewish literature such as the Book of Ecclesiastes. One encounters there expressions of doubt with respect to Divine justice or even Divine involvement in earthly affairs. During the first centuries of the common era, however, Jewish thought, as reflected in rabbinic works, was engaged in persistent intellectual activity devoted to the laws, norms, regulations, exegesis and other traditional areas of Jewish religious knowledge. An effort to detect sceptical ideas in ancient Judaism, therefore, requires a closer analysis of this literary heritage and its cultural context.This volume of collected essays seeks to tackle the question of scepticism in an Early Jewish context, including Ecclesiastes and other Jewish Second Temple works, rabbinic midrashic and talmudic literature, and reflections of Jewish thought in early Christian and patristic writings. Contributors are: Tali Artman, Geoffrey Herman, Reuven Kiperwasser, Serge Ruzer, Cana Werman, and Carsten Wilke.

Zielgruppe

Scholars of religion in antiquity and late antiquity, ancient Jud

Autoren/Hrsg.

Kiperwasser, Reuven

Herman, Geoffrey

K?iperv?aser, Reuven

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Jüdische Studien Geschichte des Judentums
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Religionsgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte des Judentums (Diaspora)
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Religionsphilosophie, Philosophische Theologie

Über Autor(innen)

Reuven Kiperwasser,Ariel Universität, Israel.Geoffrey Herman, École Pratique des Hautes Études, Paris, Frankreich.

Reuven Kiperwasser, Ariel University, Israel. Geoffrey Herman, École Pratique des Hautes Études, Paris, France.