Episodes
Sunday Mar 30, 2014
HoP 169 - A Matter of Principles - Albo and Abravanel
Sunday Mar 30, 2014
Sunday Mar 30, 2014
Joseph Albo and Isaac Abravanel critique Maimonides’ attempt to lay down foundations for the Jewish law.
Sunday Mar 23, 2014
HoP 168 - Chariot of Fire - Kabbalah
Sunday Mar 23, 2014
Sunday Mar 23, 2014
The rich symbolism of the Zohar and the spiritual practices of Abraham Abluafia feature in the mystical movement known as Kabbalah.
Sunday Mar 16, 2014
Sunday Mar 16, 2014
The Book of Job provokes Saadia, Maimonides, Ibn Tibbon and Gersonides to reflect on why God allows suffering.
Sunday Mar 09, 2014
HoP 166 - Tamar Rudavsky on Gersonides and Crescas
Sunday Mar 09, 2014
Sunday Mar 09, 2014
Tamar Rudavsky joins Peter to talk about the two great medieval Jewish thinkers after Maimonides: Gersonides and Crescas.
Sunday Mar 02, 2014
HoP 165 - Neither the Time Nor the Place - Hasdai Crescas
Sunday Mar 02, 2014
Sunday Mar 02, 2014
Ḥasdai Crescas shows Aristotelian physics who’s boss, by defending alternative conceptions of time, place and infinity.