The fourth part of David's Jewish Philosophy lecture series considers three giants of Jewish thought from the Medieval Period:

- Maimonides, the Rambam
- Avraham ibn Daud
- Rabbi Levu ben Gershon, also known as the Ralbag.

David explores the centrality of Aristotelianism for these thinkers as well as the influence of Islamic culture on Western theology and philosophy, including within Jewish circles.

Some of the central ideas that David examines in this talk include:

- The Active Intellect as the agent of human knowledge
- The evolving intersection between philosophy and Judaism
- The rational and the revealed
- The attributes of the Divine
- The concept of Tselem
- Prophecy
- Miracles
- The relationship between science, philosophy, and revelation
- The eternity of the world
- The proof for the existence of Gd.

With the use of his own original illustrative graphics, David provides an overview of the ideas and contributions of these extraordinary figures. He also places all three in their respective historical and intellectual contexts.

This fourth talk in David's eight-part series, A Journey Through Jewish Philosophy, was delivered on Zoom for Caulfield Shule in 2020. Other episodes can be found here:

Part One: https://youtu.be/byBHtiI7B0I
Part Two: https://youtu.be/PP7Bap8wm9o
Part Three: https://youtu.be/mTpmfoogge4
Part Four: https://youtu.be/V7RHs2u1V4g
Part Five: https://youtu.be/uZ0C8w28boc
Part Six: https://youtu.be/IC_bZTM55yA
Part Seven: https://youtu.be/4n5mShm2O5k
Part Eight: https://youtu.be/FQwN1_NKPOY

For a historical overview of the period listen to David's series, From the Rambam to the Zohar: Jewish History of 12th & 13th centuries, go to https://youtu.be/klLTbjxLnB8

David is also renowned for his Jewish history lecture, The Whole of Jewish History in One Hour https://youtu.be/GUlM2a2tsOM​

Find more of David Solomon's podcast, with dozens of lectures on Jewish history, the Bible, Jewish philosophy, and Kabbalah at https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLPZc8ZC7r568Er1pwL8ZiLbU1tV6PFf4L
Learn more at davidsolomon.online

Images used in this video -

The image of David above and those used in the video opening are by Stephan Rohl and available for use under CC licensing http://www.stephan-roehl.de​​

Large image by David Solomon - all rights reserved.