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HU Credits:
2
Degree/Cycle:
2nd degree (Master)
Responsible Department:
Jewish Thought
Semester:
1st Semester
Teaching Languages:
Hebrew
Campus:
Mt. Scopus
Course/Module Coordinator:
Prof. Zeev Harvey
Coordinator Office Hours:
Tu 11:30-12:30
Teaching Staff:
Prof Zeev Harvey
Course/Module description:
One of the great medieval authorities on Jewish law, Rabbi Nissim ben Reuben of Girona (&eq; Ha-Ran, c. 1310-1376) is known for his Commentary on BT Nedarim, his Commentaries on Rabbi Isaac Alfasi's Halakhot, and his Novellae on various Talmudic tractates. However, he was also a profound and original philosophic homilist. His book of philosophic homilies, known as "Derashot Ha-Ran," had a significant influence on medieval Jewish philosophy – both directly and also indirectly, through his student Rabbi Hasdai Crescas and his student's student Rabbi Joseph Albo.
Course/Module aims:
We shall read together one homily from Derashot Ha-Ran. In the last month of the semester, we shall discuss the papers of participants.
Learning outcomes - On successful completion of this module, students should be able to:
ability to analyze a medieval philosophic sermon
Attendance requirements(%):
100%
Teaching arrangement and method of instruction:
Reading and discussion
Course/Module Content:
A seminar paper (about 20-25 pp.) or a short paper (about 7-10 pp.). The paper is to be submitted by the final class (11.1.22). It may be on any subject connected with Derashot Ha-Ran, and may be written in accordance with various approaches, e.g., historical, analytic, or philological. A plan for the paper is to be submitted for approval by Wednesday, 23.11.21.
Required Reading:
Derashot Ha-Ran, ed. Aryeh Leon Feldman, Jerusalem 1967; revised edition (with the Commentary "Be'erot Moshe"), Jerusalem 2003.
Perush Ha-Ran `al ha-Torah, ed. Aryeh Leon Feldman, Jerusalem 1973.
Additional Reading Material:
1. Blidstein, Gerald J., "On Political Structures," Jewish Journal of Sociology 22 (1980), pp. 47-58 (esp. 52-54).
2. ----------, "Ideal and Real in Classical Jewish Political Theory," Jewish Political Studies Review 2 (1990), pp. 43-66 (esp. 54ff.).
3. Feldman, Leon, Studies in the Life and Times of R. Nissim ben Reuben Gerondi, Ph.D. dissertation, Columbia University, New York 1967 (Xerox Microfilm no. 69-548).
4. ----------, "R. Nissim ben Reuben Gerondi -- Archival Data from Barcelona," in A. Mirsky, A. Grossman, and Y. Kaplan, eds., Exile and Diaspora, Jerusalem 1991, pp. 56-97.
5. Harvey, W. Z., "Nissim of Gerona and William of Ockham on Prime Matter," Jewish History 6 (1992), pp. 87-98.
6. ----------, "Aspects of Jewish Philosophy in Medieval Catalonia," in J. Boadas i Raset and S. Planas i Marcé, eds., Mosse ben Nahman i el seu Temps, Girona 1994, pp. 141-157 (esp. 149-150).
7. ----------, “Liberal Democratic Themes in Nissim of Girona,” in I. Twersky and J.M. Harris, eds., Studies in Medieval Jewish History and Literature, III, Cambridge, MA, 2000, pp. 197-211.
8. ----------, "Rabbi Nissim of Girona on the Constitutional Power of the Sovereign," Diné Israel 29 (2013), pp. 91-100.
9. ----------, "Rabbi Nissim of Girona on the Divine Court, Truth, and Justice," in A. Mermelstein and S. Holtz, eds., The Divine Courtroom in Comparative Perspective, Leiden 2014, pp. 69-75.
10. Klein-Braslavy, Sara, R. Nissim ben Reuben de Gérone devant la philosophie de son temps, Ph.D. dissertation, Sorbonne, Paris 1972.
11. ----------, "Vérité prophétique et vérité philosophique chez Nissim de Gérone," Revue des Études Juives 134 (1975), pp. 75-99.
Course/Module evaluation:
End of year written/oral examination 0 %
Presentation 0 %
Participation in Tutorials 20 %
Project work 80 %
Assignments 0 %
Reports 0 %
Research project 0 %
Quizzes 0 %
Other 0 %
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