Joseph Albo on free choice : exegetical innovation in medieval Jewish philosophy / Shira Weiss.

9780190684457 (electronic book)

New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2017.

English

1 online resource

BM550.A59 W45 2017

296.32

Philosophical originality can be uncovered in the unique individual interpretations of biblical narrative found in Joseph Albo's Sefer ha-'Iqqarim (Book of Principles), one of the most popular Hebrew works within the corpus of medieval Jewish philosophy. Several of Albo's exegetical analyses focus on free choice, which emerges as a conceptual scheme throughout his work, though he does not consistently expand upon his views of choice in the same way in each reference. These isolated expositions have heretofore been overlooked, as the scholarly consensus regards Albo as an unoriginal philosopher and neglects to appreciate the philosophical ingenuity embedded within his individual homilies.

Philosophical originality can be uncovered in the unique individual interpretations of biblical narrative found in Joseph Albo's Sefer ha-'Iqqarim (Book of Principles), one of the most popular Hebrew works within the corpus of medieval Jewish philosophy. Several of Albo's exegetical analyses focus on free choice, which emerges as a conceptual scheme throughout his work, though he does not consistently expand upon his views of choice in the same way in each reference. These isolated expositions have heretofore been overlooked, as the scholarly consensus regards Albo as an unoriginal philosopher and neglects to appreciate the philosophical ingenuity embedded within his individual homilies.

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