Philosophies of Judaism: syllabus, lecture notes, links, old exams
To be noted:
- Link to Prof. Ronald Kiener's "A Timeline of
Jewish history," from his Religion 109 course and his website at
Trinity College in Hartford, CT.
http://www2.trincoll.edu/~kiener/RELG109_TimeLine.html
Prof Kiener has other interesting links at http://www2.trincoll.edu/~kiener/
For another useful timeline. see that of Prof. Robert Kraft (http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/rs/rak/courses/helps/TimeLines
- also linked to below).
- I found some great material today (2/6/2008) on the Ellis Rivkin Society web site
(http://www.rivkinsociety.org), which includes an interview with Dr.
Rivkin on different God concepts in the Bible.
- As I indicated in class (2/16/07), Michael Swanwick's "Triceratops Summer,"
a wonderful love story in its own right, can be read as an
insightful response to/commentary on Kohelet,
the Book of Ecclesiastes. You can download this story for 49 cents
from amazon.com.
- The 1st take home exam [This is from Spring
2007; there are no exams for the spring 2008 course.]
was to be emailed before class and a printed copy turned in during class
on Friday, February 23, 2007.
Lectures and Group Work
Afterlife � some possibilities
(group work)
Group
work on Lisa Goldstein�s �Alfred�
Group Work on Esther and Exodus
(added February, 2008)
Group Work on The Coming of Lilith
Group work on Dawn
(updated March, 2003)
Summary of Kagan's
Introductory Notes for Philosophies of Judaism
Other notes related
to Kagan's first lectures in Philosophies of Judaism
Kagan's lecture notes
on Saadia Gaon
Outline for Kagan's
lecture on secret writing
Kagan's notes on
Maimonides/RAMBAM (1135-1204)
Group Work on Philo
for Philosophies of Judaism
Links to Useful Materials
Rabbi Rami M.
Shapiro's Web Page
Links to some of Robert Kraft's Materials (highly
recommended)
What's
Important: Link to R. Kraft's Overview Lecture
Link to R.
Kraft's Time Chart (Spring 1994)
Link to
R.
Kraft on Religious
Subdivisions
R. Kraft's
Glossary (Spring 1994)
Kraft's
"Rabbinic Jewish Literature: Categories and Classifications"
Robert Kraft, Home Page
General
FIU
Libraries Judaism Internet Resources
Jewish
Encyclopedia - Articles of Faith
Some influences on Jewish Philosophy
Islamic Philosophers
Kagan's lecture notes for
Al-Gazali material in Hyman and Walsh
Philo
Resources on the WWW for the
study of Philo of Alexandria
Torrey Seland's
"Short Biography on Philo of Alexandria"
Group Work on Philo
for Philosophies of Judaism
Saadia
Kagan's lecture notes
on Saadia Gaon
Maimonides
Kagan's notes on
Maimonides/RAMBAM (1135-1204)
RAMBAM-Maimonides
Maimonides on the
Foundations of Torah from the Mishneh Torah (approx. 70K.)
Franz Rosenzweig and Martin Buber
Franz Rosenzweig
shorter biography
Franz
Rosenzweig Essay and Exhibit by Arnold Betz (longer)
Martin Buber Homepage
(English)
Group Work on Taoism and I and Thou
[2002 Kagan Notes on I and Thou and
Martin Buber (1878-1965)]
Background material for Buber: 1997 Kagan notes on
Descartes
Background
material for Buber: 1997 Kagan notes on Kant
Old Exams and Syllabi
Syllabus for PHL 324 (REL
383)--Philosophies of Judaism 2017
Syllabus for PHL 324 (REL
383)--Philosophies of Judaism 2014
Syllabus
for PHL 335 (REL 383)--Philosophies of Judaism 2009
Syllabus for PHL 335 (REL 383)--Philosophies of Judaism
2008
Syllabus for PHL 335 (REL 383)--Philosophies of Judaism
2007
Take-Home Midterm
from 1996 Final Exam Due Dec.
18, 1996
Syllabus for PHL 335
(REL 383)--Philosophies of Judaism 1996
Syllabus for PHL 335
(REL 383)--Philosophies of Judaism 1998
Syllabus for PHL 335 (REL 383)--Philosophies of Judaism 1999
Syllabus for PHL 335 (REL 383)--Philosophies of Judaism
2003
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