- Thierry.Alcoloumbre@biu.ac.il Bar Ilan University, Department of Comparative Literature, Ramat Gan Israel
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Thierry Alcoloumbre
Bar-Ilan University, Comparative Literature, Faculty Member
- I am an Associate Professor in the University of Bar-Ilan (Israel) where I work in the Department of Comparative Lite... moreI am an Associate Professor in the University of Bar-Ilan (Israel) where I work in the Department of Comparative Literature of which I was the Chairman from the end of 2009 until 2013.
I am an alumnus of the Ecole Normale Supérieure (rue d’Ulm, Paris), where I obtained the MA degree in classical literature in 1982, followed a year later by success in the Concours Agrégation in classics (a high-level competitive examination leading to the status of “professor”. Professeurs agrégés teach in high schools and universities and prepare students aspiring to be admitted to the Grandes Ecoles). In 1993, the University of Paris 1-Sorbonne conferred upon me the degree of Doctor of Philosophy (summa cum laude) in the field of ancient philosophy. Thereafter I pursued philosophical and Talmudical studies in Jerusalem as a pupil of Léon Askénazy, André Néher, Benno Gross and Eliane Amado Lévy-Valensi, who are customarily associated with the very diverse “Paris School of Jewish Thought” (v. Sh. Trigano, Revue Pardès 1997).
My research bears upon the dialogue between Hellenism and Judaism in Western thought and literature and, in particular, in French thought and literature. I have published in the field of medieval and modern Jewish thought, as well as in the field of French poetry, specializing in the writings of Mallarmé, Edmond Jabès and (last but not least) Claude Vigée.
My recent research focuses on the Maharal of Prague (1520-1609) and his influence on french jewish contemporary thought.edit
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... Le petit théâtre des PRODIGALITÉS adjoint l'exhibition d'un vivant cousin d'Atta Troll ou de Martin à sa féerie classique la Bête et le Génie ; j'avais, pour reconnaître l'invitation du billet double hier... more
... Le petit théâtre des PRODIGALITÉS adjoint l'exhibition d'un vivant cousin d'Atta Troll ou de Martin à sa féerie classique la Bête et le Génie ; j'avais, pour reconnaître l'invitation du billet double hier égaré chez moi, posé mon chapeau dans la stalle vacante à mes côtés, une ...
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This paper examines Maharal’s conception of the Aramaic language compared with that of Renaissance Humanists. Like his contemporaries, Maharal acknowledged the complexity of this language made up of several dialects and concurred with... more
This paper examines Maharal’s conception of the Aramaic language compared with that of Renaissance Humanists. Like his contemporaries, Maharal acknowledged the complexity of this language made up of several dialects and concurred with them regarding its primeval status. He proceeded to develop his own far-reaching conclusions. Maharal considered that Aramaic, unlike national languages, is deprived of any specific character, and therefore should be defined as a “non language”, hence, unfit for individual prayer, because “angels cannot understand it”. However, this very lack of definition, according to Maharal, makes Aramaic a universal language, more suitable to express the truths belonging to the spiritual realm of “the world to come” (‘olam ha-ba). This explains why Adam spoke in Aramaic and why it remained the preferred language used in rabbinic literature, especially in the mystical texts of rabbinic Liturgy and Kabbalah.
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une réflexion sur le thème de « l’Habit du premier homme », rencontré dans le Talmud, le Midrash, et le Zohar. Ce thème prend naissance dans l’histoire de la « tunique de peau », confectionnée dit-on, par le Créateur pour Adam et Eve, et... more
une réflexion sur le thème de « l’Habit du premier homme », rencontré dans le Talmud, le Midrash, et le Zohar. Ce thème prend naissance dans l’histoire de la « tunique de peau », confectionnée dit-on, par le Créateur pour Adam et Eve, et dont le midrash suit la trace (ou le fil) à travers l’histoire jusqu’à nos jours. Avant de révéler qui possède aujourd’hui ce vêtement merveilleux, il faudra nous demander quelle était sa texture, sa forme, sa fonction. Comme c’est toujours le cas dans le midrash (et le mythe), les multiples réponses offertes à ces questions sont autant de compréhensions possibles de « l’homme » et de ses limites mouvantes avec l’au-delà et l’en-deçà de lui. Je me propose d’en explorer quelques unes, les confrontant parfois avec la mythologie et la philosophie grecques.
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The Promise Land as a Gate to Universality according to the midrash (about translation of the thora)
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Recent research has criticized medieval Jewish thought for perpetuating misogynist models inherited from Aristotle, which legitimate men’s domination of women. Critics have focused on hylomorphism. By identifying man with “form” and women... more
Recent research has criticized medieval Jewish thought for perpetuating misogynist models inherited from Aristotle, which legitimate men’s domination of women. Critics have focused on hylomorphism. By identifying man with “form” and women with “matter,” Aristotle and his disciples placed the former beside being, intellect, and activity, and the latter beside privation, irrationality, and passivity. This article shows how, during the Renaissance, hylomorphism was transformed by Judah Loew ben Betzalel (Maharal of Prague; 1512?–1609) in a manner more favorable to women. Maharal’s thought still has a patriarchal worldview; nevertheless, he recognizes a positive value to matter, the body, and sexuality, assigning woman an active role within the marital couple as well as in the historical process that leads to redemption.
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Cet article etudie le statut de l'arameen dans la pensee du Maharal (Rabbi Yehoudah Loew of Prague), compare a son statut chez les Humanistes de la Renaissance. Comme ses contemporains, le Maharal ...
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Aristote n'a pas conceptualise la notion de personne, mais on en trouve des aspects dans sa description des fonctions intellectuelles, qui sont specifiquement humaines. Je me connais a travers mes realisations theoriques et pratiques... more
Aristote n'a pas conceptualise la notion de personne, mais on en trouve des aspects dans sa description des fonctions intellectuelles, qui sont specifiquement humaines. Je me connais a travers mes realisations theoriques et pratiques (connaissance en acte, oeuvres d'art, action de valeur) et dans la permanence de mes qualites intellectuelles et morales. Mise en acte de notre finalite, le bonheur inclut tous les biens, mais d'abord la reussite intellectuelle et morale; il depend donc de nous, mais reste soumis aux aleas de la naissance et du hasard ainsi qu'aux difficultes d'une regulation morale. Maimoide applique le peripatetisme a l'elucidation de l'anthropologie biblique et rabbinique; c'est par l'intellect que l'homme est "a l'image de dieu". Mais sa theologie l'amene a depasser l'anthropologie d'aristote: l'intellection conduit a l'unite et a la volonte d'un createur et fonde une theodicee de la natur...