Josef Albo

Josef Albo (* around 1380; † around 1444) was a Jewish religious philosopher in Spain .

His main work, sefer ha-iqqarim ("principles"), was an attempt to establish a philosophical systematization of the Jewish religion by reducing the 13 Articles of Faith of Moses ben Maimon to three principles: God, revelation, retribution (reward and punishment). The Torah is described as the only divine law and Judaism as the revealed religion that best harmonizes with philosophy. Any dogmatic bondage of Judaism is rejected. The work was later very well received by Moses Mendelssohn .

Albo's eclectic work was widespread (first printed in 1485 by Joshua Solomon Soncino ).

In 1413/1414 Albo defended the Jewish side in the forced dispute at Tortosa .

Works

ספר עקרים Sefer Ha-Ikkarim . First edition ed. Joshua Solomon Soncino , Soncino 1485. ( Digitized UB Frankfurt)
- first annotated edition: Jacob ben Samuel Koppelman: Ohel Ya'akob . Freiburg 1584. online (PDF; 4.1 MB)
- German edition: Book Ikkarim. Basic and Beliefs of the Mosaic Religion . Frankfurt / Berlin 1844. (Digital copies: Google Books ; archive.org ; archive.org )
- Sefer ha-'Ikkarim [Book of Principles] , ed. and engl. Transl. Isaac Husik , 4 volumes, The Jewish Publication Society of America, Philadelphia 1929-30.

literature

Dror Ehrlich: Albo, Joseph. In: Encyclopaedia Judaica . 2nd Edition. Volume 1, Detroit / New York a. a. 2007, ISBN 978-0-02-865929-9 , pp. 593-595 (English).
Angel Sáenz-Badillos; Judit Targarona Borrás: Yosef Albo. In: Diccionario de autores judios (Sefarad. Siglos X-XV). El Almendro, Córdoba 1988 (Estudios de Cultura Hebrea, Volume 10), p. 183. ISBN 84-86077-69-9 .
Sina Rauschenbach : Josef Albo (around 1380-1444). Jewish Philosophy and Christian Theology of Controversy in the Early Modern Period. Leiden: Brill, 2002.

Web links

Dror Ehrlich: Joseph Albo. In: Edward N. Zalta (Ed.): Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy .
Kaufmann Kohler, Emil G. Hirsch: ALBO, JOSEPH. In: Isidore Singer (Ed.): Jewish Encyclopedia . Funk and Wagnalls, New York 1901-1906.
Ikkarim (Hebrew)

Individual evidence

↑ Sina Rauschenbach, "Joseph Albo, the Messiah and the Disputation of Tortosa." In: Medieval Forms of Argument: Disputation and Debate . Eds. Georgiana Donavin, Carol Poster, and Richard Utz. Eugene, OR: Wipf & Stock, 2002. pp. 53-66.

personal data
SURNAME	Albo, Josef
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Jewish religious philosopher
DATE OF BIRTH	around 1380
DATE OF DEATH	around 1444

[1] Sina Rauschenbach, "Joseph Albo, the Messiah and the Disputation of Tortosa." In: Medieval Forms of Argument: Disputation and Debate . Eds. Georgiana Donavin, Carol Poster, and Richard Utz. Eugene, OR: Wipf & Stock, 2002. pp. 53-66.