Le libre arbitre dans la pensée de R. Abraham bar Yehudah (élève de Hasdaï Crescas)

Shalom Sadik

doi:10.3989/sefarad.014.003

Authors

Shalom Sadik The Van Leer Jerusalem Institute

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3989/sefarad.014.003

Keywords:

Medieval Jewish Philosophy, Hasdai Crescas, Free Will, Determinism, Avner of Burgos

Abstract

The aim of this article is to analyze the opinion of R. Abraham bar Yehudah (Crete and the Crown of Aragon in the second half of the 14^th century) on the question of free will. The first part of the article describes how in the beginning of his book (Even Shetiyyah, ‘Foundation Stone’), R. Abraham presents a position close to the deterministic thought of his well known teacher Hasdai Crescas, thus proving that in the third quarter of the 14^th century there already were deterministic views in the school of the later. The second part of the article demonstrates that in the continuation of this book R. Abraham presents a different opinion closer to the common non-deterministic position of the majority of Jewish medieval philosophers. The article concludes, explaining the contradiction, that in his book R. Abraham bar Yehuda brings in two different opinions from different sources without trying to build an accord between them.

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