Appointments Committee for Jewish Philosophy

I. Dr. Daniel Davies, Bar-Ilan University, Israel

08:00 - 08:45 Lecture and discussion in S 4

Isaac Abravanel and the Spinozistic Maimonides

08:50 - 09:20 Teaching rehearsal and discussion in S 4

The Question of Free Choice in Abraham Ibn Daud's Exalted Faith

II Dr. Michael Engel, University of Hamburg

10:35 - 11:20 Lecture and discussion in S 4

"In the Celebrated Land of Provence": Minḥat Qenaot and the Migration of Hebrew Philosophical Knowledge from Béziers to Pisa

11:25 - 11:55 Teaching rehearsal and discussion in S 4

Eternity, Contingency, and Divine Will: Reading Maimonides' Guide II.19

III Dr. Elke Morlok, Goethe University Frankfurt

13:45 - 14:30 Lecture and discussion in S 4

Jewish and Christian traditions on the feminine side of God

14:35 - 15:05 Teaching rehearsal and discussion in S 4

Franz Rosenzweig's sonnets from 1911

IV. Dr. Andrea Gondos, Free University of Berlin

16:20 - 17:05 Lecture and discussion in S 4

Biblical Narratives in a Kabbalistic Key: Sin, Heresy, and the Problem of Divine Unity in Ma'arekhet ha-Elohut

17:10 - 17:40 Teaching rehearsal and discussion in S 4

Lilith in the Jewish Tradition: The Demonic Female from Aramaic Bowls to Eastern European Amulets