Norbert Samuelson

Norbert Max Samuelson (15 febbraio 1936 – 9 maggio 2022^[1]) è stato un filosofo e teologo statunitense.

Samuelson è stato uno studioso di Filosofia ebraica. Ha insegnato Studi Ebraici presso l'Università statale dell'Arizona.^[2] È stato uno scrittore prolifico su vari temi religiosi e filosofici,^[3] con interessi nel campo della filosofia ebraica, filosofia e religione, filosofia e scienza, filosofia del XX secolo (con enfasi su Alfred North Whitehead e Franz Rosenzweig), storia della filosofia occidentale, e aristotelici ebrei (con enfasi su Gersonide).^[4] Ha svolto attività di conferenziere accademico internazionale.^[4]

Opere

Libri

• Gersonides' The Wars of the Lord, Treatise III: On God's knowledge^{[collegamento interrotto]}, Toronto, Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies, 1977, ISBN 0-88844-268-8. (curatore e trad.)
• Creation and The End of Days: Judaism and scientific cosmology, Atlanta, Scholars Press, 1987, ISBN 0-89130-990-X.
• An Introduction to Modern Jewish Philosophy, Albany, State University of New York Press, 1989, ISBN 0-88706-959-2.
  • Review by M. Goldberg, The Journal of Religion, Aprile 1990, vol. 70, nr. 2, pp. 282–283.
• The First Seven Days: A philosophical commentary on the creation of Genesis, Atlanta, Scholars Press, 1992, ISBN 1-55540-768-4.
  • Review by Leonard S Kravitz, AJS Review, 1995, vol. 20, nr. 1, pp. 202–205.
• Judaism and the Doctrine of Creation^{[collegamento interrotto]}, Cambridge University Press, 1994, ISBN 0-521-45214-7.
• A User's Guide to Franz Rosenzweig's Star of Redemption, Surrey, GB, Curzon Press, 1999, ISBN 0-7007-1063-9.
• Revelation and the God of Israel^{[collegamento interrotto]}, New York, Cambridge University Press, 2002, ISBN 0-521-81202-X.
  • Review by Benjamin E. Sax, The Journal of Religion, Aprile 2004, vol. 84, nr. 2, pp. 324–326.
  • Recensione su Michael Zank, Modern Judaism, Febbr. 2004, vol. 24, nr. 1, pp. 93–100.
• Jewish Philosophy: An Historical Introduction, Londra/New York, Continuum, 2003, ISBN 0-8264-6140-9.
  • Recensione su C. Oscar Jacob^{[collegamento interrotto]}, Janus Head, 2005, 8(1), 388-393.
• The Legacy of Franz Rosenzweig: Collected Essays, Cornell University Press, 2004, ISBN 90-5867-372-3. (cur. con Luc Anckaert e Martin Brasser)
• Jewish Faith and Modern Science: On the death and rebirth of Jewish philosophy, Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2009, ISBN 0-7425-5892-4.

Monografie

• Biblical Jewish Thought: The origins of Judaism, University of Virginia, 1972, p. 96.
• Modern Jewish Thought: Major trends in Judaism^{[collegamento interrotto]}, University of Virginia, 1972, p. 80.
• Rabbinic Thought: The foundations of Judaism^{[collegamento interrotto]}, University of Virginia, 1976, p. 74.
• Medieval Jewish Thought: The philosophies of Judaism^{[collegamento interrotto]}, University of Virginia, 1976, p. 88.
• Reason and revelation as authority in Judaism^{[collegamento interrotto]}, Academy for Jewish Philosophy, 1981, p. 113.
• Judaism and Language, Academy for Jewish Philosophy, 1982, p. 100.

Capitoli di libri

• Judaism and Science, in Philip Clayton e Zachary Simpson, The Oxford handbook of religion and science, Oxford New York, Oxford University Press, 2006, pp. 41-56, ISBN 0-19-927927-6.

Articoli (parziale)

• Ethics of Globalization and the AIDS Crisis from a Jewish Perspective Zygon, 38, nr. 1 (2003): 125-139
• Autonomy in Jewish Philosophy "Journal of the American Academy of Religion," 72, nr. 2 (2004): 560-563
• The Death and Revival of Jewish Philosophy Journal of the American Academy of Religion, Mar., 2002, vol. 70, nr. 1, p. 117-134
• Rethinking Ethics in the Light of Jewish Thought and the Life Sciences Journal of Religious Ethics, 29, nr. 2 (2001): 209-233
• Culture And History: Essential Partners In The Conversation Between Religion And Science ;Zygon, 40, nr. 2 (2005): 335-350
• Creation and the Symbiosis of Science and Judaism Zygon, 37, nr. 1 (2002): 137-142
• The Economy of the Gift: Paul Ricoeur's Significance for Theological Ethics Journal of Religious Ethics, 29, nr. 2 (2001): 235-260
• On the Symbiosis of Science and Religion: A Jewish Perspective Zygon, 35, nr. 1 (2000): 83-97
• That the God of the Philosophers Is Not the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob The Harvard Theological Review,, Genn. 1972, vol. 65, nr. 1, p. 1-27
• Ibn Daud's Conception of Prophecy Journal of the American Academy of Religion, Sett. 1977, vol. 45, nr. 3, p. 354
• "Maimonides' Doctrine of Creation", The Harvard Theological Review, Vol. 84, Nr. 3, Luglio 1991, pp. 249–271