Résumé
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Drawing from a reading of the 'Guide for the perplexed' by Maimonides - rabbi, philosopher and physician (1135-1138-1204) - the author analyses the figure of the sage and his role, in the time of Exile and the loss of the prophecy, after the fall of the Second Temple. The sage's vocation is examined in the light of the theme of perplexity, which runs through the treatise. This perplexity is not a sign of confusion: because of the contradictions it engenders in the wise man's mind, nourishing his revolt, it is also the initial impetus that prepares him to restore the deep science of the Law in other words, to reestablish religion thanks to philosophy and so revive ancient knowledge that Maimonides judges to be lost. By studying how that science can be restored, we evoke the specific 'enlightenment' of Maimonides. Is that restoration by the 'Guide for the Perplexed' reserved for the elite? Or does it also have a social function: that of teaching the masses via the elite? At the same time, a negative image appears of the temporality of the achievement of the Law. The latter does not appear to be linear but interspersed by loose ends, things forgotten or lost and the sage, in his perplexity, must make his path through these intermittent points. Although this project of restoration is an openly philosophical and intellectual one, this study aims to show that it is also social and political, because of the wise man's vocation to take on the role of guide in the community, a key figure between the absent prophet and the messiah-king whose advent seems to be distanced to a point on an infinite horizon.
L'auteur - Géraldine Roux
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PAPIER | |
Éditeur(s) | Cerf |
Auteur(s) | Géraldine Roux |
Collection | Patrimoines - judaïsme |
Parution | 11/03/2010 |
Format | 14.4 x 23.5 |
Couverture | Broché |
Poids | 522g |
EAN13 | 9782204089036 |
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