The Andalusian Muslim philosopher Averroes (1126–1198) is known for his authoritative commentaries on Aristotle and for his challenging ideas about the relationship between philosophy and religion, and the place of religion in society. Among Jewish authors, he found many admirers and just as many harsh critics. This volume brings together, for the first time, essays investigating Averroes’s complex reception, in different philosophical topics and among several Jewish authors, with special attention to its relation to the reception of Maimonides.

Racheli Haliva (PhD 2016, McGill) is associate professor of Jewish studies at Shandong University’s Center for Judaic and Inter-Religious Studies and a former co-director of the Maimonides Centre for Advanced Studies at Universität Hamburg. She works on the history of medieval Jewish philosophy and the relationship between Jews and Jewish converts in the Middle Ages.

Yoav Meyrav (PhD 2017, Tel Aviv) is the principal investigator of the ERC-funded HEPMASITE (Hebrew Philosophical Manuscripts as Sites of Engagement) project at Universität Hamburg and a former research associate at the Maimonides Centre for Advanced Studies. He has published on ancient, Arabic, and Jewish philosophy, Hebrew philology, and the history of metaphysics.

Daniel Davies (PhD 2007, Cambridge) has worked for the Taylor-Schechter Genizah Research Unit at the Cambridge University Library and on the “PESHAT in Context” project at Universität Hamburg. He focuses on medieval philosophy and philosophy of religion. His publications include Method and Metaphysics in Maimonides’ Guide for the Perplexed, which received an honourable mention from the Jordan Schnitzer Book Awards. His second book on Maimonides will be published by Polity in 2023.

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Averroes and Averroism in Medieval Jewish Thought, éd. Racheli Haliva , Yoav Meyrav, Daniel Davies, Boston–Leyde, Brill, 2024 ; 1 vol., XX–444 p. (Maimonides Library for Philosophy and Religion, 4). ISBN : 978-90-04-67948-1. Prix : € 189,00.

Source : Brill