A Key To The Soul. Philosophical Knowledge, Spiritual Life, and Religious Identity in Medieval Judaism (1250–1600)

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angličtina

Original language name

A Key To The Soul. Philosophical Knowledge, Spiritual Life, and Religious Identity in Medieval Judaism (1250–1600)

Original language description

The aim of the conference is to examine the attempts of Jewish scholars to delineate the role of philosophical inquiry in medieval Jewish religious practice, and the ways in which philosophical motifs and vocabulary were appropriated and employed by Jews to construct and represent both Jewish and non-Jewish religious identity. The inquiry will focus on the Jewish reception of ancient, Islamic and scholastic epistemological and psychological theories, and on their significance for the description and interpretation of the specific internal and psychological dynamics of the religious life, and on the relationship between rational knowledge and other modes of cognition. Among the areas and questions explored will be: What was the role in medieval Judaism of the definition of internal, spiritual life as a philosophically informed aspiration? To what extent did philosophical theories offer medieval Jews tools for a better understanding of traditional religious concept and practices, especially those associated with the qualities and structure of human soul and with the human capacity to enter in contact with God (e.g. through dream, prophecy, prayer)? When describing the dynamics of spiritual life, how did philosophical terminology intersect with the language of Jewish mysticism, the Kabbalah? How could philosophy and philosophical concepts be used in explaining or justifying religious conversion? How did the reception of philosophical theories inform the relationship of medieval Judaism to different religious traditions? How did the interplay between philosophical ideas and ethical and psychological religious discourses contribute to the popularisation of philosophical theories and texts among broader strata of Jewish society?

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Type

M - Conference organization

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OECD FORD branch

60301 - Philosophy, History and Philosophy of science and technology

Project

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Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2017

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Event location

Prague

Event country

CZ - CZECH REPUBLIC

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Total number of attendees

20

Foreign attendee count

11

Type of event by attendee nationality

WRD - Celosvětová akce