Explore Moses Maimonides, David Kamhi, Abraham Eben Ezra, Don Isaac Abarbanel & David Nieto’s approaches to study and interpret the Hebrew Bible by taking into account anthropology, linguistics, numerology, jurisprudence and other aspects.
This 60 minutes class introduces the student to Sephardic rabbinic literature and 5 approaches to the study of the Hebrew Bible: Moses Maimonides’ anthropology, David Kamhi’s grammar, Abraham Eben Ezra’s linguistics, Don Isaac Abarbanel’s themes and numerology, David Nieto’s jurisprudence. Attention is given to language, terminology, rabbinic legal argumentation, and anthropology.
The student will gain skills in reading and interpreting the Hebrew Bible, knowledge of Near Eastern texts, insight into the world of Sephardic medieval rabbinic literature, and some familiarity with Sephardic rabbinic thought.
