Edited Volumes by Aaron Segal
Cambridge University Press, 2021
Guide of the Perplexed (c. ) is the greatest and most influential text in the history of Jewi... more Guide of the Perplexed (c. ) is the greatest and most influential text in the history of Jewish philosophy. Controversial in its day, the Guide directly influenced Aquinas, Spinoza, and Leibniz, and the history of Jewish philosophy took a decisive turn after its appearance. While there continues to be keen interest in Maimonides and his philosophy, this is the first scholarly collection in English devoted specifically to the Guide. It includes contributions from an international team of scholars addressing the most important philosophical themes that range over the three parts of this sprawling workincluding topics in the philosophy of language, metaphysics, epistemology, philosophy of law, ethics, and political philosophy. There are also essays on the Guide's hermeneutic puzzles, and on its overall structure and philosophical trajectory. The volume will be of interest to philosophers, Judaists, theologians, and medievalists. daniel frank is Professor of Philosophy at Purdue University. His publications include The Cambridge Companion to Medieval Jewish Philosophy (with Oliver Leaman, Cambridge, ), and Spinoza on Politics (with Jason Waller, ). aaron segal is Lecturer in the Department of Philosophy at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He is co-editor of Jewish Philosophy Past and Present: Contemporary Responses to Classical Sources (with Daniel Frank, ), and Jewish Philosophy in an Analytic Age (with Samuel Lebens and Dani Rabinowitz, ).
Oxford University Press, 2019
Routledge, 2017
In this innovative volume contemporary philosophers respond to classic works of Jewish philosophy... more In this innovative volume contemporary philosophers respond to classic works of Jewish philosophy. For each of twelve central topics in Jewish philosophy, Jewish philosophical readings, drawn from the medieval period through the twentieth century, appear alongside an invited contribution that engages both the readings and the contemporary philosophical literature in a constructive dialogue. The twelve topics are organized into four parts, and each topic and part commences with an overview of the ensuing dialogue and concludes with a list of further readings. The introduction to the volume assesses the current state of Jewish philosophy and argues for a deeper engagement with analytic philosophy, Jewish Philosophy Past and Present: Contemporary Responses to Classical Sources is a cutting edge work of Jewish philosophy, and, at the same time, an engaging introduction to the issues that animated Jewish philosophers for centuries and to the texts that they have produced. It is designed to set the agenda in Jewish philosophy for years to come.
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Edited Volumes by Aaron Segal