Amen to daat: on the foundations of Jewish epistemology

I argue that the Hebrew Bible adopts a non-doxastic account of propositional faith. In coming to this conclusion, we shall discover that Biblical Hebrew has no word for belief. What ramifications might this have had for biblical and Jewish epistemology? I begin to trace the sort of epistemic norms t...

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Autore principale: Lebens, Samuel 1983- (Autore)
Tipo di documento: Elettronico Articolo
Lingua:Inglese
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Pubblicazione: Cambridge Univ. Press 2023
In: Religious studies
Anno: 2023, Volume: 59, Fascicolo: 3, Pagine: 465-478
Altre parole chiave:B Saadya Gaon
B Faith
B non-propositional knowledge
B the Malbim
B Emunah
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Riepilogo:I argue that the Hebrew Bible adopts a non-doxastic account of propositional faith. In coming to this conclusion, we shall discover that Biblical Hebrew has no word for belief. What ramifications might this have had for biblical and Jewish epistemology? I begin to trace the sort of epistemic norms that might emerge from an epistemology that approaches knowledge by thinking about faith, rather than belief.
ISSN:1469-901X
Comprende:Enthalten in: Religious studies
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1017/S0034412521000470