Background
Shlomo Pines was born on August 8, 1908, in Charenton-Le-Pont, France. He was a son of Russian immigrant parents Meier Pinès and Sarah Schalit. In 1919, his family moved to London and in 1921 they moved to Berlin.
69117 Heidelberg, Germany
Heidelberg University where Shlomo Pines studied.
1205 Geneva, Switzerland
The University of Geneva where Shlomo Pines studied.
Unter den Linden 6, 10117 Berlin, Germany
Humboldt University where Shlomo Pines studied.
(This monument of rabbinical exegesis written at the end o...)
This monument of rabbinical exegesis written at the end of the twelfth century has exerted an immense and continuing influence upon Jewish thought. Its aim is to liberate people from the tormenting perplexities arising from their understanding of the Bible according only to its literal meaning. This edition contains extensive introductions by Shlomo Pines and Leo Strauss, a leading authority on Maimonides.
https://www.amazon.com/Guide-Perplexed-Vol-1/dp/0226502309/ref=sr_1_2?keywords=Shlomo+Pines&qid=1575900233&s=books&sr=1-2
1963
(This monument of rabbinical exegesis written at the end o...)
This monument of rabbinical exegesis written at the end of the twelfth century has exerted an immense and continuing influence upon Jewish thought. Its aim is to liberate people from the tormenting perplexities arising from their understanding of the Bible according only to its literal meaning. This edition contains extensive introductions by Shlomo Pines and Leo Strauss, a leading authority on Maimonides.
https://www.amazon.com/Guide-Perplexed-Vol-2/dp/0226502317/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=Shlomo+Pines&qid=1575900233&s=books&sr=1-1
1963
Shlomo Pines was born on August 8, 1908, in Charenton-Le-Pont, France. He was a son of Russian immigrant parents Meier Pinès and Sarah Schalit. In 1919, his family moved to London and in 1921 they moved to Berlin.
Shlomo Pines enrolled in the University of Geneva in 1926, where he studied French and French literature. He also studied at Heidelberg University. Pines received his Doctor of Philosophy degree at the Humboldt University of Berlin.
Shlomo Pines started his career as a professor at the Institute for the History and Philosophy of Science and Technology in 1937. He held this post until 1939. In 1952, he took up the post of a professor at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He also served as co-editor of the Corpus Commentariorum Averrois in Aristotelem of the Medieval Academy of America. In 1961, Pines became a professor of general and Jewish philosophy and held this post his death in 1990.
Shlomo Pines wrote his first book Contributions to the Islamic Theory of Atoms in 1936. Later he wrote such books as The Development of the Notion of Freedom, The Guide of the Perplexed and The Jewish Christians of the Early Centuries of Christianity According to a New Source. Most of Pines' articles and essays have been made freely available to the public by the Shlomo Pines Society.
(This monument of rabbinical exegesis written at the end o...)
1963(This monument of rabbinical exegesis written at the end o...)
1963Shlomo Pines could be considered an eclectic philosopher. He was interested in almost everything that touched the medieval Jewish and Arab domain. At the same time, Pines is interested in the history of science and especially in the evolution of the doctrine of the impetus.
Pines was an innovator in medieval philosophical and scientific research. He analyzed the atomic theories of Muslim theologians which influenced, mostly negatively, medieval Jewish philosophy. He revolutionized the academic approach to a key part of Judah Halevi’s philosophy, emphasizing the Shi'ite origins of what had hitherto largely been regarded as a particularist Jewish doctrine. Pines also found links between some of the great medieval Jewish and Christian thinkers, such as Hasdai Crescas, and the School of Duns Scotus.
Shlomo Pines was a fellow of the Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities.
Shlomo Pines married Fanny Rirachowsky on February 17, 1938.