In the centuries following Maimonides, Arabic-speaking Jews continued to engage with philosophy and mysticism, and wrote many fascinating original works. These works, authored over 300 years, were almost entirely lost. They are now being rediscovered, published, and studied, for the first time in centuries. We...
In the centuries following Maimonides, Arabic-speaking Jews continued to engage with philosophy and mysticism, and wrote many fascinating original works. These works, authored over 300 years, were almost entirely lost. They are now being rediscovered, published, and studied, for the first time in centuries. We...
In the centuries following Maimonides, Arabic-speaking Jews continued to engage with philosophy and mysticism, and wrote many fascinating original works. These works, authored over 300 years, were almost entirely lost. They are now being rediscovered, published, and studied, for the first time in centuries. We...
In the centuries following Maimonides, Arabic-speaking Jews continued to engage with philosophy and mysticism, and wrote many fascinating original works. These works, authored over 300 years, were almost entirely lost. They are now being rediscovered, published, and studied, for the first time in centuries. We...
It is hard to overstate the importance of Saadia Gaon (d. 942) - as a thinker, linguist, jurist and poet. He lived during a period of great intellectual creativity, and this is amply reflected in his writings. In this short series with Raf, we’ll meet...
It is hard to overstate the importance of Saadia Gaon (d. 942) - as a thinker, linguist, jurist and poet. He lived during a period of great intellectual creativity, and this is amply reflected in his writings. In this short series with Raf, we’ll meet...
It is hard to overstate the importance of Saadia Gaon (d. 942) - as a thinker, linguist, jurist and poet. He lived during a period of great intellectual creativity, and this is amply reflected in his writings. In this short series with Raf, we’ll meet...
It is hard to overstate the importance of Saadia Gaon (d. 942) - as a thinker, linguist, jurist and poet. He lived during a period of great intellectual creativity, and this is amply reflected in his writings. In this short series with Raf, we’ll meet...
A 4-part series In 1883, Jerusalem antiquities dealer Moses Wilhelm Shapira arrived in London with a set of blackened leather fragments said to have been found by Bedouins in a cave near the Dead Sea. The fragments contained a strange and fascinating version of Deuteronomy, and...
A 4-part series In 1883, Jerusalem antiquities dealer Moses Wilhelm Shapira arrived in London with a set of blackened leather fragments said to have been found by Bedouins in a cave near the Dead Sea. The fragments contained a strange and fascinating version of Deuteronomy, and...
