Metaphor and Imagination in Medieval Jewish Thought

Dianna Lynn Roberts-Zauderer holds a PhD in Religion and Jewish studies from the University of Toronto, Canada. She has previously worked as a radio documentary producer, journalist, and Shoah Foundation interviewer.

• 1. Introduction.- 2. “Human Language”: Classifying Metaphor in Jewish Sources.- 3. “Taste and See”: Imagination and Intellect.- 4. Transmission.- 5. Shem Tov ibn Falaquera and the Iberian ‘Afterlife’ of Maimonides’ Guide.- 6. “No Share in Poetry:” The Ethics of Figurative Language.- 7. Afterword.