קונגרס העולמי ה-18 למדעי היהדות

Peshat in Context

The poster will present PESHAT in Context. The project studies premodern Hebrew philosophical and scientific terminology in its historical development in different cultural and scientific environments. At the heart of the project is an online multilingual thesaurus of medieval Hebrew philosophical and scientic terms, with definitions to all terms as well as thosands of citations from a vast range of medieval philosophical sources demonstrating their usage. The database also includes parallel terms in Arabic, Greek and Latin, as well as useful links to parallel digital projects. The project is based in the Institute for Jewish Philosophy and Religion at the University of Hamburg and at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem.