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HU Credits:
2
Degree/Cycle:
2nd degree (Master)
Responsible Department:
Jewish Thought
Semester:
2nd Semester
Teaching Languages:
Hebrew
Campus:
Mt. Scopus
Course/Module Coordinator:
Caterina Rigo
Coordinator Office Hours:
By appointment
Teaching Staff:
Dr. Caterina Rigo
Course/Module description:
Over the course of the seminar, after several introductory lectures in which we will present the work of Hillel of Verona and his cultural context, we will address selected topics in "Sefer Tagmule Hanefesh" ("The Rewards of the Soul"), such as the essence of the human soul and the nature of the intellect, with emphasis on the influence of Muslim and Christian thought on Hillel's philosophy.
Course/Module aims:
The primary purpose of the course is to discover Hillel of Verona's philosophy, the similarities to and differences with the Jewish philosophers who influenced him or who were active in his time period, and Hillel's exposure to Latin Scholastic texts.
Learning outcomes - On successful completion of this module, students should be able to:
- To understand more fully the different concepts which were common in Muslim, Jewish, and Christian Scholastic thought, with respect to the doctrines of the soul and intellect
- To be conversant in Hillel of Verona's thought and literary corpus
- To be familiar with the cultural context in which Hillel was active
- To be able to analyze texts by Jewish medieval thinkers
Attendance requirements(%):
80%
Teaching arrangement and method of instruction:
Close readings and student presentations
Course/Module Content:
Over the course of the seminar we will focus primarily on Hillel of Verona's "Sefer Tagmule Hanefesh" as well as his writings in general.
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As pertains to "Sefer Tagmule Hanefesh" we will discuss the following topics:
- Hillel's doctrine of the soul
- Hillel's doctrine of the intellect
- Concepts common in Muslim, Jewish, and Christian thought pertaining to the doctrines of the soul and the intellect
- The doctrine of punishment and reward in Hillel of Verona, and a comparison to the doctrines of Maimonides and Nahmanides
Required Reading:
See Additional Reading Material
Additional Reading Material:
1. גוטמן, י"י, הפילוסופיה של היהדות, ירושלים תשמ"ט4, עמ' 184-181.
2. דודסון, ח', "פירוש אבן-רשד ל'מאמר בשכל' של אלכסנדר מאפרודיסיאס", בתוך: ספר היובל לשלמה פינס(מחקרי ירושלים במחשבת ישראל ז), חלק א, ירושלים תשמ"ח, עמ' 217-205.
3. הרוי, ז', בקורת על הספר: י"ב סרמוניטה (מהדיר), ספר תגמולי הנפש להלל בן שמואל מווירונה, תרבי"ץ נב (תשמ"ג), עמ' 537-529.
4. סרמוניטה, י"ב, ר' הלל בן שמואל בן אלעזר מווירונה ומשנתו הפילוסופית, חיבור לשם קבלת תואר דוקטור לפילוסופיה של האוניברסיטה העברית בירושלים, תשכ"ב.
5. הנ"ל, "מפלת המלאכים", בתוך: פינס, ש' (עורך), ספר זכרון ליעקב פרידמן ז"ל, ירושלים תשל"ד, עמ' 203-155.
6. א' רביצקי, "החכמה המתווכת: תמורת תיאולוגית בהגות המיימונית באיטליה", בתוך: הנ"ל, על דעת המקום. מחקרים בהגות היהודית ובתולדותיה, ירושלים תשנ"א, עמ' 243-212.
7. Averroès, La béatitude de l' âme (ed. Geoffroy, M and Steel, C.), Paris 2001.
8. Barzilay, I.E., Between Reason and Faith. Anti-Rationalism in Italian Jewish Thought (1250-1650), Paris 1967, pp. 42-57.
9. Davidson, H.A., Alfarabi, Avicenna & Averroes on Intellect. Their Cosmologies, Theories of the Active Intellect, and Theories of Human Intellect, New York-Oxford, 1992’ pp. 220-356.
10. Id., “Averrois Tractatus de Animae Beatitudine”, in: Link-Salinger, R. (ed.), A Straight Path. Studies in Medieval Philosophy and Culture. Essays in Honor of Arthur Hyman, Washington 1988, pp. 57-73.
11. Id., “Gersonides on the Material and Active Intellects”, in: Freudenthal, G. (ed.), Studies on Gersonides, Leiden-New York-Köln 1992, pp. 195-265.
12. Husik, I., A History of Mediaeval Jewish Philosophy, Philadelphia 1948, pp. 312-327.
13. Leicht, R., "Miracles for the Sake of the Master of Reason Hillel Ben Samuel of Verona's Legendary Account of the Maimonidean Controversy”, in: Micrologus 21 (2013), pp. 579-600.
14. Schwarz, Y., Hillel von Verona, Vom Vollendung der Seele [Sefer tagmule ha-nefesh], übersetzt und eingeleitet von Yossef Schwartz, Freiburg 2009 [Herders Bibliothek der Philosophie des Mittelaters, Band 17].
15. Id., “Die Seelenlehre des Hillel aus Verona: Aristotelische Psychologie zwischen Maimonismus und Thomismus”, in: M. Lutz-Bachmann et al. (eds.), Knowledge and Science: Problems of Epistemology in Medieval Philosophy, Berlin 2004, pp. 253-264.
Course/Module evaluation:
End of year written/oral examination 0 %
Presentation 10 %
Participation in Tutorials 10 %
Project work 80 %
Assignments 0 %
Reports 0 %
Research project 0 %
Quizzes 0 %
Other 0 %
Additional information:
none
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