A Philosopher of Scripture: The Exegesis and Thought of Tanhum Ha-yerushalmi

Dascalu, Raphael

ISBN 10: 9004382216 / ISBN 13: 9789004382213

Published by Brill Academic Pub, 2019

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: A Philosopher of Scripture: The Exegesis and Thought of Tanhum Ha-yerushalmi
• Publisher: Brill Academic Pub
• Publication Date: 2019
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9004382216
• ISBN 13: 9789004382213
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Brand New
• Weight: 0.98 kilograms

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Synopsis

Tanḥum b. Joseph ha-Yerushalmi (d. 1291, Fusṭāṭ, Egypt) was a rigorous linguist and philologist, philosopher and mystic, and a biblical exegete of singular breadth. As well as providing us with an insight into the inner world of a profound and original thinker, his oeuvre sheds light on a Jewish historical and cultural milieu that remains relatively poorly understood: the Islamic East in the post-Maimonidean period.
In A Philosopher of Scripture: The Exegesis and Thought of Tanḥum ha-Yerushalmi, Raphael Dascalu presents the first detailed intellectual portrait of Tanḥum ha-Yerushalmi. Tanḥum emerges as a polymath with a clear intellectual program, an eclectic thinker who brought multiple traditions together in his search for the philosophical meaning of Scripture.

About the Author

Raphael Dascalu (PhD, University of Chicago, 2016) is an Adjunct Research Associate at Monash University, Melbourne, Australia. His research focuses primarily on medieval Judaeo-Arabic thought and literature.