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Jewish philosophy refers to philosophical inquiry informed or inspired by the texts, traditions and experience of the Jewish people. Judaism is not only a religion, but an agglomeration of cultural and historical traditions which in some cases date back thousands of years.
The Jewish Encyclopedia: A Descriptive Record of the History, Religion, Literature, and Customs of the Jewish People from the Earliest Times to the Present Day is an English-language encyclopedia containing over 15,000 articles on the history, culture, and state of Judaism up to the early 20th century. [1] The encyclopedia's managing editor was ...
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Article Summary. Jewish philosophy is philosophical inquiry informed by the texts, traditions and experiences of the Jewish people. Its concerns range from the farthest reaches of cosmological speculation to the most intimate theatres of ethical choice and the most exigent fora of political debate.
Jewish existentialism. Jewish Kalam. Judeo-Islamic philosophies (800–1400)
Specific philosophies developed by Orthodox Jewish thinkers include: Torah Judaism, an ideological concept used to legitimize Jewish movements within the framework of Orthodox Jewish values. [4] Hasidism, focusing on the importance of prayer, joy and the attachment to Tzadikim and Rebbes.
Overview. Jewish philosophy. By. Goodman, L.E. DOI. 10.4324/9780415249126-J066-1. 1. The nature of Jewish philosophy. Students of Jewish philosophy, especially those who aspire to contribute a window or a wing to the edifice, must learn many languages, to read and listen to voices very different from their own.
Jewish philosophy has over the course of its history been the source of a number of different types of study based on the philosophically relevant ideas of the Hebrew Bible, Rabbinic Law (Halakhah), Rabbinic theology and Rabbinic homiletics, exegesis and hermeneutics (midrash) (see Bible, Hebrew; Halakhah; Theology, Rabbinic; Midrash ).
