Gershom Scholem (1897–1982) was a towering scholar of Jewish mysticism. He published over 40 books and nearly 700 articles, and was part of a distinguished group of German-Jewish intellectuals who placed their faith in Zionism; Scholem immigrated to Palestine in 1923, changed his name from Gerhard to Gershom, and helped shape the intellectual scene in Israel. But he was far more than a scholar of Kabbalah or a mentor to generations of scholars in Jewish studies. [Cf.] |
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Fluitsma wees mij op de pagina van Yitzhak Melamed op academia.edu waarin te lezen is dat hij en professor
Jonathan Garb van de Hebrew University of Jerusalem van 6-10 mei 2019 een Masterclass
gaan geven aan de Johns Hopkins University over Pantheism in Rabbinic Thought (1200-1970).
The
class will be taught jointly by Professor Jonathan Garb, the Gershom Scholem
Chair in Kabbalah, (Hebrew University of Jerusalem) and Yitzhak Y. Melamed
(Johns Hopkins University). Professor Garb is a leading world scholar of early modern
and modern Kabbalah, and Yitzhak Melamed is a scholar of early modern and
medieval philosophy.
Contrary to the widespread perception that pantheism has
been considered heresy in the “Judeo-Christian Tradition,” we argue that the
identification of God with nature was a common and fully legitimate view within
Rabbinic Judaism which was only rarely attacked as unorthodox or heretic. We intend to study together medieval and
early modern Rabbinic and Jewish- philosophical texts addressing pantheism (and
panentheism). Among the authors to be discussed are Moshe of Taku, Maimonides,
Ibn Gabirol, Abraham ibn Ezra, Abraham Abulafia, Moshe Cordovero, Hayim
Vital, Abraham Cohen de Herrera,
Benedict de Spinoza, Georg Wachter, Zvi Hirsch Ashkenazi, David Nieto, Yosef
Irgas and Immanuel Hai Ricci.
The class
will meet for five days (4 hours daily). A small number of grants will be
available to cover lodging. For further information and to reserve a spot in
the workshop, please contact Yitzhak Melamed (ymelame1@jhu.edu).
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