Bücher der Reihe Studies and Texts in Scepticism

The present study addresses problems of an epistemological nature which hinge on the question of how to define Jewish thought. It inquires the relationship between Jewish culture, Greek philosophy, and Greco-Roman thought in connection with the quer

Considered the first specimen of a theoretical literature on Jewish political economy, the Discourse is much more. Initially conceived as an apology for the Jewish community of Venice, it is actually replete with sceptical ideas.This volume will essentially aim at refreshing the approach to this work by highlighting and analysing its sceptical background and implications, especially as far as it involves the realm of politics and fashions a sceptical political appraisal of the Jewish people.

Socrates, Or On Human Knowledge is the first sceptical treatise of the early modern period to be written by a Jew. This work, written in the vernacular and signed by the author describing himself as a ¿Venetian Jew,¿ must be considered a key work for investigating the intensive transfer of knowledge between Jews and Christians and as a mirror of the contemporary philosophical leanings and social and political changes.

This book focuses on Abraham Abulafiäs esoteric thought in relation to Maimonides, Maimonideans, and Islamic thought in the line of Leo Strauss¿ theory of the history of philosophy. A survey of Abulafiäs sources leads into an examination of the esoteric meaning on the famous parable of the three rings, as well as Abulafiäs universalistic understanding of the nature of the Bible, the Hebrew language, and the people of Israel.