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HU Credits:
2
Degree/Cycle:
2nd degree (Master)
Responsible Department:
Jewish Thought
Semester:
2nd Semester
Teaching Languages:
English
Campus:
Mt. Scopus
Course/Module Coordinator:
Prof. Paul Franks
Coordinator Office Hours:
By appointment
Teaching Staff:
Prof Paul Franks
Course/Module description:
An exploration of the use of kabbalistic concepts within German Idealist philosophy by Friedrich Heinrich Jacobi, Salomon Maimon, Johann Gottlieb Fichte, Friedrich Wilhelm Josef Schelling, Franz Josef Molitor, and Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel. Concepts include ein sof (the infinite), tsimtsum (contraction), and levush (garb or guise). What problems are these concepts employed to address? How successfully are these attempted solutions? How are the concepts transformed when compared to their sources in writings of Moses Cordovero, Isaac Luria, Haim Vital, and Abraham ha-Kohen Herrera? What new light is shed on German Idealism by the centrality of these kabbalistic concepts? What is the significance for our understanding of the relationship between Jewish thought and German philosophy?
Course/Module aims:
Learning outcomes - On successful completion of this module, students should be able to:
On successful completion of this module,
students should be able to :
Attendance requirements(%):
דרישות נוכחות
80% Attendance requirements
דרישות נוכחות
80% Attendance requirements
80%
Teaching arrangement and method of instruction:
Course/Module Content:
Course/Module content
Required Reading:
Moses Cordovero, Pardes Rimonim
Friedrich Heinrich Jacobi, Letters to Herr Moses Mendelssohn on the Philosophy of Spinoza
Salomon Maimon, Autobiography
Johann Gottlieb Fichte, Foundations of Natural Right
Friedrich Wilhelm Schelling, Stuttgart Seminars
Franz Josef Molitor, Philosophie der Geschichte
Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, Fragment on the Life-Course of God, Phenomenology of Spirit, Science of Logic
Additional Reading Material:
Course/Module evaluation:
End of year written/oral examination 0 %
Presentation 0 %
Participation in Tutorials 10 %
Project work 70 %
Assignments 20 %
Reports 0 %
Research project 0 %
Quizzes 0 %
Other 0 %
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