The Secret Faith of Maestre Honoratus : : Profayt Duran and Jewish Identity in Late Medieval Iberia / / Maud Kozodoy.
Until the summer of 1391, when anti-Jewish riots spread across the Iberian peninsula, the person subsequently known as Honoratus de Bonafide, a Christian physician and astrologer at the court of King Joan I of Aragon, had been the Jew Profayt Duran of Perpignan. The precise details of Duran's c...
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| Year of Publication: | 2015 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | The Middle Ages Series
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Introduction
- Part One. An Intellectual Portrait
- 1. Honoratus de Bonafide, olim vocatus Profayt Duran, judeus
- 2. Scientific Transmission Outside the University
- 3. Efodi: The Commentary on the Guide of the Perplexed
- 4. Philosophical Eclecticism
- Part Two. Science and Jewish Identity
- 5. Jewish Astronomy: Between Maimonides and Gersonides
- 6. A Jewish Cosmos: Number and Speech
- 7. Astronomy and Jewish Identity: Ḥeshev ha- Efod
- 8. Rationalist Polemics: Al tehi ka- avotekha
- 9. History and Religion: Kelimat ha- goyim
- Part Three. The Efod Atones for Idolatry
- 10. The Inner Life: Eulogy for Abraham ha- Levi of Girona
- 11. The True Wisdom of the Torah: Ma'aseh Efod
- 12. Sigil and Segulah: Magical Elements in Ma'aseh Efod
- Conclusion
- Appendix: The Extant Works of Profayt Duran
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
- Acknowledgments